Travel Plans October 2011

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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)

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 6am to 4pm
  • entrance fee including guide starting at 30,000 Ariary (2 hours)
  • Mitsinjo office on the left, thereafter park entrance to the right

Mantadia

  • 20km north of Andasibe