Overland Tour
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Madagascar’s most famous national parks,
- See the Madagascar’s famous wildlife
- Enjoy fabulous Trekking in Isalo National Park
- Explore Antaimoro ,visit the traditional paper factory to see paper being made using sisal and pressed flower
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Trip includes
- Minibus hire, driver
- National park entry fees and tour guide
- Accommodation for 3 nights on the tour south and 2 nights on the tour north, starting on the first scheduled date of the tour
- Meals if mentioned in the itinerary
Itinerary
Accommodation
Antananarivo
Depart from the Auberge du Cheval Blanc hotel in Antananarivo at 7am, drive through the Malagasy highlands with their distinctively terraced rice paddies and traditional red brick houses.
Ambositra
Stop for lunch in the bustling town ...
Accommodation: Momo Trek hotel
Fianarantsoa
Wander the old town of Fianarantsoa after breakfast; this has been listed as one of the world’s top 100 threatened cultural heritage sites.
Ambalavao
Depart for Ambalavao, where we visit the tradi...
Accommodation: Momo Trek hotel
Isalo National Park
Trekking in Isalo National Park (Madagascar’s outback!) with an English-speaking guide to visit natural swimming pools, waterfalls, grasslands, sandstone cliffs and canyons.
Here you will have ple...
Toliara
Depart from Momo Trek hotel in Ranohira at 8am, drive down to the coast and arrive in Toliara at 1pm. This is the end of the overland tour; volunteers are responsible for organising their own accommodation in Toliara, and we can recommend places to stay.
Arrive Toliara
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Tour Operator
Blue Ventures develops transformative approaches for catalysing and sustaining locally led marine conservation. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people.
Our story started over a decade ago, surveying coral reefs in the Mozambique channel. Vezo communities in southern Madagascar were concerned about the decline of their fisheries, so we supported one village to experiment with closing off a small section of their octopus gleaning area for a few months, to see whether this might boost productivity.
When the closure was re-opened, communities experienced a huge increase in octopus landings and fisher incomes. As news of this remarkable fishery boom spread, neighbouring communities started copying this approach. Crucially, this sparked interest in more ambitious coastal management efforts, leading to the creation of the country’s first Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) governed by a small network of fishing villages.
Since then, this temporary fishery closure model has gone viral along thousands of kilometres of Madagascar’s coastline, spawning a grassroots marine conservation revolution with 64 more LMMAs established to date. Today, 11% of the island’s seabed is managed by communities, for communities.
Our work is about much more than octopus. These experiences have guided our journey searching for new approaches to demonstrate that marine conservation can be in everyone’s interest, and that taking less from our ocean can give us much much more.
Why Blue Ventures in Madagascar?
Based in the remote fishing village of Andavadoaka on Madagascar’s southwest coast, our dive expeditions offer volunteers from around the world a unique opportunity to get involved with Blue Ventures’ marine research and community conservation work
Join our team surveying one of the Indian Ocean’s most extensive coral reefs, and contribute to our efforts supporting coastal communities to conserve these spectacular ecosystems. From sea cucumber farming to environmental education with local children, expedition volunteers are immersed in the full breadth of Blue Ventures’ innovative and integrated programmes.
Why Blue Ventures in Madagascar?
Based in the fishing village of Sarteneja and the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve, our dive expeditions offer volunteers from around the world a unique opportunity to get involved with Blue Ventures’ marine research and community conservation work.
Join our team surveying the second largest barrier reef in the world (a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site), and contribute to our efforts to conserve this spectacular ecosystem, including combating the threat of invasive lionfish.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Tips, meals, snacks and drinks.
- We recommend you budget about $141 for this
- Accommodation prior to the start date or on the last day of the tour but we can arrange this as part of a group booking to minimise costs
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