Wellness Holiday in Madagascar

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Discovery of traditional medicine with the Green Clubs and Vaniala of Homeopharma

Combine leisure, discovery and well-being with Green Club's wellness holidays. Discover endemic medicinal and aromatic plants of Madagascar while enjoying the unique landscapes of the red island on one of two tours designed especially for relaxation and escape.

Tour 1
Follow the road of essential oils towards the east coast of Madagascar (7 days, 6 nights)

  • Day 1: Arrival in Tana
  • Day 2: Tana – Andasibe
  • Day 3: Andasibe – Ambila Lemaitso
  • Day 4 and 5: Ambila Lemaitso
  • Day 6: Ambila Lemaitso – Tana
  • Day 7: Departure

Day 1
Welcome at Ivato Airport and transfer to the Green Club Vontovorona. Following an afternoon rest discover the Green Club and Vaniala Spa, including a presentation of natural products for health and well-being. Dinner in the Green Club.

Day 2
After breakfast, departure towards Madagascar's east coast. Along the way you stop at the Peyrieras Reserve, where besides many of Madagascar's rare and endangered reptiles you can also see frogs and insects and some lemurs. Thereafter continue the road to Andasibe, check-in at the hotel in time for lunch. After lunch discover Andasibe National Park. Return in time for dinner.

Day 3
After breakfast, departure for Ambila Lemaitso with a stop at Brickaville and its fruit market. After leaving the RN2, 15 kilometres of secondary road and by crossing the Canal des Pangalanes you will reach the Ambila Lemaitso peninsula. Welcome at the Green Club Ambila. After lunch you can enjoy a free afternoon. Dinner.

Day 4 and 5
During your 2-day stay at the Green Club Ambila you have the possibility of swimming in the ocean and the Canal des Pangalanes, go for a walk including a picnic along the canal and to enjoy some aromatic massages. Visit the plantation and distillery of the Homeopharma laboratory to discover the essential oils.

Day 6
After breakfast, return to Antananarivo with a stop in Brickaville and a lunch break in Moramamanga. Further along the road stop by for a visit to Mandraka Park. Arrival at Green Club Vontovorona. Relaxation and spa break at Vaniala. Enjoy Dinner.

Day 7
Departure from Vontovorona after breakfast. On the way to the airport stop by Le Marche Artisinal de la Digue, Antananarivo's largest handicraft marketplace. Lunch at Vaniala Ivato. Transfer to the airport.

Tour 2
Nature and discovery towards the northwest coast of Madagascar (11 days, 10 nights)

  • Day 1: Arrival in Tana
  • Day 2: Tana – Ankarafantsika
  • Day 3: Ankarafantsika - Majunga
  • Day 4 and 5: Majunga - Amborovy
  • Day 6: Amborovy - Antsanitia
  • Day 7: Antsanitia – Amborovy
  • Day 8: Amborovy – Majunga
  • Day 9: Majunga – Tana

  • Day 10: Tana
  • Day 11: Departure

Day 1
Welcome at Ivato Airport and transfer to the Green Club Vontovorona. Following an afternoon rest discover the Green Club and Vaniala Spa, including a presentation of natural products for health and well-being. Dinner in the Green Club.

Day 2
After breakfast, departure direction northwest of Madagascar. Stay the night in Ankarafantsika. Visit Ankarafantsika National Park known for its dense and dry forest, lakes and the last refuges of flagship species. Dinner.

Day 3
After breakfast, depart for Majunga. Welcome at the Green Club Amborovy. After lunch enjoy a relaxing afternoon. Dinner at the Green Club.

Day 4 and 5
During your 2-day stay in Majunga you can swim in the ocean, relax at the pool as well as enjoy massages and other beauty and wellness treatments. Tour of the city including a visit to the Malagasy craft market. Visit the Homeopharma Institute of Natural Care for an introduction to traditional medicine with the natural products processed at the laboratory.

Day 6
After breakfast, depart towards Antsanitia, an eco-tourism resort fully integrated with the natural environment. Overnight stay in Antsanitia. Dinner at the resort.

Day 7
After breakfast, return to Green Club Amborovy. Today nothing is planned. Why not visit the caves of Majunga? Dinner at the Green Club.

Day 8
Visit the Cirque Rouge after breakfast. Experience Mahajanga by night on the ledge. Dinner.

Day 9
Return to Tana (also possible by plane).

Day 10
Breakfast, thereafter spend your day at the Green Club Vontovorona and Vaniala Spa, including a presentation of natural products for health and well-being. Enjoy a walk through the surrounding landscape. Relaxation and spa break in Vaniala. Dinner at the Green Club.

Day 11
Depart Vontovorona after breakfast. On the way to the airport stop by Le Marche Artisinal de la Digue, Antananarivo's largest handicraft marketplace. Lunch at Vaniala Ivato. Transfer to the airport.


Prices

Prices are per person on a double room basis.
The price includes: Accommodation in various hotels, evening meals and breakfasts, full board on Ambila Lemaitso (Tour 1), transfer to Ivato Airport - Vontovorona Green Club, the car and fuel during the trip, park entries and guides, crossing the Canal des Pangalanes (Tour 1), the boat ride (Tour 1), access to the Vaniala Spa at Green Club Vontovorona.
The price excludes: Drinks, lunches unless stated, massages which are not part of the spa package offered in the tour.