Southern Madagascar
If you like finding figures in stone, La Reine de l’Isalo sits about 3km south of the museum, on the left side of the road. It's cool once you spot it,…
Must-see attractions in Madagascar
Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
In 1898 the Cassam Chenaï family of Gujerat arrived in Diego Suarez. Mamodaly opened his ever popular shop 10 years later. Members of the family are still…
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Madagascar
Jutting up above all other buildings in Ambositra, the cathedral, at the heart of the old town, is worth a quick look, although the doors are often locked…
Musée de la Gendarmerie Nationale
Eastern Madagascar
Exhibits cannons, police uniforms, a vintage taxi-brousse and an enormous bunch of dried marijuana. There are also various traditional medicines and…
Tamatave (Toamasina)
Tamatave’s colourful Bazary Be sells fruit, vegetables, spices, handicrafts and beautiful bouquets of flowers (should you feel the need to brighten up…
Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
A fine example of colonial architecture, the Tribunal is an imposing building that still operates as the courthouse. It was built in 1907.
Tamatave (Toamasina)
At Pl Bien Aimé, you'll find the remains of a once-grand park; a dozen magnificent banyan trees weep before a crumbling colonial mansion.
Madagascar
Located below, and visible from, the Haute-Ville, this lake is surrounded by flowering trees and is a popular place for a stroll.
Tamatave (Toamasina)
A monument to those killed in the 1947 uprising against the French, this plaza is in a sad state of disrepair.
Madagascar
This large red-brick church forms the centre point of Antsirabe. It's often locked outside of services.
Tamatave (Toamasina)
Bazary Kely sells fish and produce in the ruins of a commercial complex, west of the train station.
Western Madagascar
Guides ships in from Pointe de Sable. It's an icon of Majunga's coastal skyline.
Eastern Madagascar
The remote 240-sq-km park encompasses some of the last remaining lowland rainforest in the country. An additional 10 sq km of islets and surrounding reefs…
Tamatave (Toamasina)
The small university museum at the entrance to the port constitutes barely 2½ rooms of farming tools, fishing implements, archaeological finds and tribal…
Northern Madagascar
This place, 7km north of Ambanja, is easy to miss: there's just an 'I' for Information sign outside. But it's worth meeting Cyril for a wander through his…
Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
During French colonial times, areas of Diego Suarez south of Pl Foch were less inhabited by the French and much more Malagasy. The Tsena is the largest of…
Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
Diego Suarez's Roman Catholic cathedral was built in 1909 to replace the previous wooden church destroyed by the terrible cyclone of 1894. The bell tower…
Tamatave (Toamasina)
Landmark church in Tamatave. It's open to the public from shortly before to shortly after services.
Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
The lighthouse at the end of Rue Richelieu guards the bay of Diego Suarez.
Nosy Be
Parc National Lokobe protects most of Nosy Be’s remaining endemic vegetation. The reserve is home to the black lemur (the male is dark brown, almost black…
Northern Madagascar
Founded to protect flora and fauna and to support local villages, Loky Manambato's forests spectacularly host around 1000 critically endangered golden…
Andapa
Ambodimanga village, 10.5km south of Andapa, is one of several villages participating in this project. Help with agricultural chores, watch dancing, learn…
Northern Madagascar
Billed as a botanical hiking trail, Macolline is an arboretum on the banks of the River Ankavanana, 3km north of Antalaha. Guided walks of three to six…
Northern Madagascar
This plateau has surprising views: you can see Ambilobe in the west, and even the islands of Nosy Be and Nosy Mitsio in the Mozambique Channel. From the…
Northern Madagascar
Reaching this turret-shaped tsingy will take about three to four hours and is an easy walk. You will need to cross a small river during the wet season…
Northern Madagascar
Getting here will take about seven hours of quite difficult hiking over the tsingy (limestone pinnacle formations) itself. But the landscape is the reward…
Northern Madagascar
A massive rock chasm into which three of the park’s rivers plunge during the rainy season (they emerge 20km later in the Mozambique Channel). It's an easy…
Northern Madagascar
Andrafiabe takes about five hours to reach from the western entrance to the park and is moderately difficult. Both the underground cave and the 'cathedral…
Northern Madagascar
The small island of Nosy Lonja, in the middle of the Baie des Français, is known in French as Pain de Sucre (Sugar Loaf), as it resembles the much larger…
Northern Madagascar
This tsingy extends from the northern part of Ankarana and into the southern part of the Parc National de Montagne d'Ambre. It's a two to three hour hike…
Northern Madagascar
The impressive Grotte des Chauves-Souris (bat) cave has superb stalactites and stalagmites, and thousands of bats (eight species, including Commerson's…
Northern Madagascar
This cave can be reached in about two to three hours of hiking. It gets its name from the skeleton of a local warrior that was found in the cave. There…
Northern Madagascar
An easily accessible area of tsingy, these karst formations are close to the Grotte des Chauves-Souris or Bat Cave. The plants here are xerophytes,…
Northern Madagascar
The hike here takes three to four hours and is not difficult. Here you notice the difference between the limestone and volcanic rocks. Birds to look out…
Réserve Spéciale Anjanaharibe Sud
The 'living fossil' tree Takhtanjania perrieri lives only in this spot. Discovered in 1909 but not seen again until 1994, the tree grows to about 9m and…
Réserve Spéciale Anjanaharibe Sud
A series of hot springs that can be reached via the Ranomafana Trail.
