Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Perks of this trek: 3 days in the province of Ambohimahamasina, climbing the sacred mountain of Ambondrombe, considered as the very last sanctuary of the wandering souls of the Malagasy people. This tour combines the adventure and an authentic connection with the local population. Picking this circuit also means contributing to the protection of the rainforest, the sensitization of the locals but the improvements of their living standards.
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Dinner
Breakfast
Matériel de camping sauf sac de couchage, la nuit chez l'habitant
sleeping bags, all drinks, tips
Meeting Points
Departure
Fianarantsoa
Return
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Perks of this trek: 3 days in the province of Ambohimahamasina, climbing the sacred mountain of Ambondrombe, considered as the very last sanctuary of the wandering souls of the Malagasy people. This tour combines the adventure and an authentic connection with the local population. Picking this circuit also means contributing to the protection of the rainforest, the sensitization of the locals but the improvements of their living standards.
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Dinner
Breakfast
Matériel de camping sauf sac de couchage, la nuit chez l'habitant
sleeping bags, all drinks, tips
Meeting Points
Departure
Fianarantsoa
Return
Itinerary
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
FIANARANTSOA - AMBOHIMAHAMASINA
1 Stop
1
Anja Reserve
5 hours and 400m difference in height
To enter this region filled with history, we leave Ambalavao and head south, to the rural community of Ambohimahamasina. It’s a 45km ride, but we will need more than three hours round trip to reach our objective. Starting from the center of the upper town, we head down, for an hour and a halftoward the village of Vohimarina Andepo. There, a small number of women have been weaving silk for generations. It used to be wool made out of wild silk but this practice has been lost over time and now it is cotton that is used. However, some craft shops want to come back to this old technique, and they reopened a workshop in Ambalavao, this development is partly funded by the NGO CCD Namana.
From there, we have a pretty intense walk throughout the eucalyptus forest and the tall grass in order to reach the primary forest at the roots of the mountain of Anbondrombe. Pierre RAMOMA will be our traditional guide for he is the guardian of the forest. This means his Saotra (gifts for the ancestors) are necessary to the good climbing.
For three hours we will walk in the middle of a tropical and humid forest whose sacred essence has kept it preserved from all human activities for millennial. We’ll take breaks of course and take the time necessary to admire the thousands floral beauties endemic to this very mountain, orchids epiphytes, tree ferns, impatiences, etc. the guide will also give you all the expertise of his people on the different properties of each plant for everyday life and pharmaceutical use. After this lesson on the magic of the forest, we’ll continue our ascension to the camping site of Andragnombazaha. We’ll spend the night, in the absolute silence of the forest.