We left at 7:30am to visit the Ranomafana rain forest park, about 6km from our hotel. We did a four hour trek, through dense vegetation and steep ascents and descents. It was very humid and the weight of my photo bag made the trek a challenging task. We saw in total 6...
We had an early morning start and followed RN7 for 350km to Fianarantsoa and then to Ranomafana. The landscape is mostly sub-dessert for the first 80km and then it changes when we approach Ihosy, the capital of the Bara people's region. It is very poor everywhere....
We left early to the Isalo NP main entrance, a short 15 min drive from the lodge. The road connecting RN7 to the park entrance is in terrible condition. Now, I did not expect a paved road, but neither to cross a deep river in the peak of the dry season, nor to...
Next day we woke up at 5:30am to get the 8:30 flight to Tulear, via Fort Dophin. Despite the fact that Air Madagascar has a horrible reputation with delays, in our case the flight was on time. The ride to the airport was magical as the heavy fog had engulfed the town....
It was cheaper to get two different tickets, Athens to Nairobi and then Nairobi to Antananarivo, instead of booking a round trip flight from Athens to Antananarivo through Paris and endure a 12hr leg. And as a bonus, I would be able to stop over Nairobi on the way...