Activities in Antsirabe
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Mr Raherison Tours
Affiliated with Hôtel Hasina, this guide runs Tsiribihina River descents. The hotel can provide information, but contact Mr Raherison directly for booking and prices.
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L'Arche Tours
Guides Laza and Robinson Crusoe (yes, that's his real name) are based in the L'Arche restaurant and do trips down the Tsiribihina River and to Tsingy de Bemaraha, together or separately. They can also organise car hire. Laza speaks better English than Robinson.
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Discover Madagascar Tours
In the Hôtel Baobab, this company has a good reputation. Guide Désiré speaks impeccable English and runs a variety of trips, including the popular Tsiribihina River and Tsingy de Bemaraha combo - which includes a transfer by zebu cart.
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Roadhouse Tours
A German-run outfit that does Tsiribihina River descents, hikes around the Zafimaniry villages near Ambositra, and excursions around the whole country.
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Famadihana
Famadihana (literally, the 'turning of the bones') is the name given to the traditional exhumations of dead ancestors by the Betsileo and Merina people. Famadihana are joyous and intense occasions, which occur in each family roughly every seven years. Amid feasting, drinking, music and dancing, the bodies of the dead are disinterred from the family tomb, wrapped in bamboo mats, and carried and danced around the tomb. The bodies are then re-shrouded and reburied.
Famadihana ceremonies occur in the region around Antsirabe between July and September only. Local tour operators or pousse-pousse men can help you find one and arrange an invitation. If you receive an invite, it's…
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