Travel Plans 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

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)