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Within Masoala National Park, about an hour's walk from the village of Ambodiforaha, lies Masoala Birding Camp. This camp is for those who wish to be as close to the nature as possible without unecessary conveniences and facilities offered by other camps.

Officially opened in 2017, the camp is run by Patrique, a local guide and Masoala birding expert from Ambodiforaha. Patrique and his team will prepare lunch, breakfast and dinner of your choice and will guide you to various bird watching spots in the surrounding forest while helping you identify various speices of plants along the way.

Masoala Birding Camp can be booked for day and lunch visits as well as overnight stays for one of more nights in combination with other lodges in the area. Additionally, we offer various extended trekking packages, which can of course be modified and tailored to your specifications.

Classic circuit: Visit Masoala for three nights while staying at Masoala Birding Camp with small or large group.

Itinirery:

Day 1: Depart in the morning from your hotel in Maroantsetra with speed boat directly to Masoala. The boat ride takes between 1.5 and 2 hours. Arriving at the beach of Tampolo and walk approxately 30 minutes to the camp.

Overnight stay at Masoala Birding Camp. In the afternoon, start guided bird watching walk. In the evening, we go for a night walk to see different species of lemurs and various other night active animals.

Day 2: Red ruffed Lemur path. This is is 3 to 4 hours long walk to spot the Red Ruffed Lemurs in their regular habitats. In the evening (before dinner) take another night walk more nocturnal species.

Day 3: Water fall circuit. Get ready for more bird watching in the morning, to see the famous species such as Helmet vianga, Bernier's_vanga, Short-legged ground roller, so on.... Continue a river trip on a traditional pirigue (traditional wooden canoe) in the Tampolo River in afternoon with a fisherman from the village Ambodiforaha. In evening it’s time for another night walk.

Day 4: Take the speed boat to Nosy Mangabe for picnic and thereafter return to Maroantsetra

Extended circuit: Visit Masoala for 5 nights with stay at Masoala Birding Camp and in Farankaraina Tropical Park

Itinerary:

Day 1 and 2: Camping in the lodge in Farankaraina Tropical Park. Try and observe the Aye-Aye during a night walk. The possibility to spot the Aye-Aye is the highest between July and October.

Day 3: Leave for Masoala National Park to reach Masoala Birding Camp (by speed boat?). Start a short afternoon bird watching walk. In evening, to see different species of lemurs and various other night active animals

C-: DAY FOUR: We do Red ruffed Lemur path. It’s a long walk takes around 3-4h. In evening (before diner)everybody are ready for night walk to see all the species night active animals like mouse lemur, dwarf lemur, sportive lemur and some animals….

E-: DAY five: Picnic in Antalaviana transfer by boat .This is wonderful place, beach, and nice to swim in Antalaviana Big waterfall.

F-: DAY Six: Ready go back to Maroantsetra Hotel but pass to Nosy Mangabe Island for picnic in the Morning. In this island visit take around 4h to seek Uroplatus fumbriatus, the smallest chameleon in the world

SPORTIVE CIRCUIT

Masoala Trekking

1-sort Trek

Trekking Maroantsetra -Masoala takes 8 days (one way trek and back by boat)

This Trekking is heading and following the coast of Masoala National Park from MAROANTSETRA goes to Masoala National Park

THE TREKKING

Day one: Leave Maroantsetra HOTEL in the morning to join Farankaraina Tropical Private Park and camping one night by Tent there. At night Aye-Aye tour

Day Tow: leave the Ay-Aye place in morning after breakfast to join the second camping place. That takes around 4-6 hours walking. This second days walking through in masoala village life with all wonderful vanilla plantation, cloves discovering…This second camping place name is Beach of Masondrano village

Day Three: Leave the second camping place in the morning to get third camping place. The place name is Ambanizana village. From this time wildlife beauty is spreading. The wonderful forest green colorful and directly meet the sea. Beach is covered the rocks forming the natural status, craved like tsingy of Mada. The walk here takes around 4-6 hours

Day four: Leave again this third place to be on Masoala Birding camp lodge in Masoala National Park. This is last time for walking and it takes 4-6 hours. Comparing of the all last days trip, this one is more wonderful because the path pass in the Primary forest. From this time (day five,six,and seven), the walk is finished and we stay 3 other nights in Masoala Birding Camp(MBC) to do all the type of activity in MASOALA national Park like bird watching, red ruffed circuit, river trip, and so on…. Watching all different species of animals and never forget the name of camp to see all the species of the birds

Day eight: heading back to maroantsetra via to Nosy Mangabe Island for picnic. On this Island, the trip takes 4h to see small chameleon and leafleted gecko and afternoon back to maroantsetra. The trip is finished goodbye for all the team of MBC