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* located 65km from Tana (about 3 hours)<br>
 
* on the shore of an artificial lake<br>
 
* on the shore of an artificial lake<br>
 
* Jean Laborde<br>
 
* Jean Laborde<br>
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* very nice walking area<br>
 
* various hotels
 
* various hotels
  

Revision as of 20:51, 11 October 2011

East of Tana along the RN2 direction Tamatave

Manjakandriana

  • located 48km from Tana
  • Manja Hotel with basic rooms
  • bank, hospital
  • road splits to Mantasoa and Lake Mantasoa


Mantasoa

  • located 65km from Tana (about 3 hours)
  • on the shore of an artificial lake
  • Jean Laborde
  • very nice walking area
  • various hotels


Mandraka Park

  • located 61km from Tana
  • Malagasy-run wooden bungalows
  • popular amongst locals from Tana
  • hiking
  • 22 431 27 mandrakapark@moov.mg


Madagascar Exotic

  • also called Mandraka Reptile Farm
  • located 72km from Tana
  • small zoo with reptiles, crocodiles, butterflies, mammals
  • pets live in not so good conditions
  • restaurant, mid-range en-suite rooms
  • opening times: 7am - 5pm, entrance fee 10,000 Ariary, guide 2,000 Ariary for zoo, guide 6,000 Airary zoo and lemurs
  • 22 321 01 or 032 04 108 87


Moramanga

  • means "cheap mangoes"
  • taxi-brousse from Tana (5,000 Ariary) takes about 3 hours
  • train leaves on Monday and Thursday direction Tamatave and returns on Wednesday and Saturday
  • several hotels and restaurants, bank, post-office, internet-cafes
  • attractions include a mausoleum and police museum (police history, guns, cannons, murder weapons)
  • roads split to the north direction Lake Alaotra (RN44)


Andasibe

  • about 3,5 hours from Tana and 2km from RN2
  • recommended to take the taxi-brousse from Tana to Moramanga (5,000 Ariary) and from there to Andasibe
  • train from Moramanga takes 45 minutes (1,800 Ariary)
  • small village, except a post office is nothing there (no bank, no internet)
  • several hotels from low to hight end


Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

  • Analamazaotra Forest and Mantadia form the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
  • believed to be Madagascar's most popular reserve
  • open from 6am to 4pm
  • entrance fee 10,000 Ariary, guides start at 15,000 Ariary (hours)
  • Association Mitsinjo (NGO) takes care of some of the Analamazaotra Forest - visits at a lower price than national park
  • open from 7am to 5pm and 6.30pm to 9pm
  • entrance fee including guide starting at 30,000 Ariary (2 hours)
  • 56 832 33 or 033 14 474 89 and mitsinjo@hotmail.com
  • Mitsinjo office on the left, thereafter park entrance to the right


Mantadia

  • 20km north of Andasibe
  • mainly untouched primary forest
  • rough trails, more altitude than in Andasibe park
  • problem: transport to park starts at 60,000 Ariary
  • open from 6am to 4pm


Torotorofotsy Reserve

  • located 11km west of Andasibe
  • 12,000ha reserve: marsh with forest and wetland
  • golden mantella frogs, greater bamboo lemurs
  • ideal for trekking
  • 5 bungalows
  • visits organised by Mitsinjo


Moramizaha Reserve

  • once deforested, now protected area
  • wildlife as in Mantadia, cave
  • visits organised at Andasibe park office
  • 033 02 568 18 and gerp@moov.mg


Vohimana Reserve


Beforona

  • agro-ecology project to fight erosion
  • 1-hour tour (terraces of fish ponds, rice fields with bamboo water pipe
  • overnight visits possible, it is advised to reserve in advance with Mparany
  • HBP@chemonics.mg or nyrapa@yahoo.fr


Ranomafana

  • means "hot water" in Malagasy
  • located 214km from Tana
  • natural hot springs, sacred by the locals


Antsampanana

  • located 227km from Tana
  • 1,5 hours from Andasibe
  • taxi-brousse station for buses going south
  • basic accommodation


Brickaville

  • also called Ampasimanolotra
  • located 257km from Tana, 104km from Tamatave
  • centre of sugarcane and citrus production
  • a few hotels, also not the best


Manambato

  • located 11km from Brickaville, 7km of which are very bad condition
  • no public transport, best to walk from Ambila along the coast to Manambato
  • very beautiful lakeside resort
  • Lake Rasoabe (part of the Pangalanes)
  • few hotels facing the lake (Luigi)
  • white sand beach