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Bien Tsingy ExpeditionBelo sur Tsiribihina, Madagascar

Tsingywhere one cannot walk barefoot

Journeys

Two ways to travel with me. Choose one of the journeys below and change whatever you like — a day longer here, a lodge swapped there — or tell me what interests you and I will design something from nothing.

Season: Tsingy de Bemaraha closes in the rainy season. The road from Morondava to Bekopaka becomes impassable and the ferries stop running. Journeys including the park run from May to November, occasionally from late April depending on the rains. Trips elsewhere in Madagascar can be arranged year-round.

Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of Tsingy Express: Morondava, Avenue of the Baobabs, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-MarieAndasibeKirindy ForestRanomafanaIsaloIfaty reef1 Morondava2 Avenue of the Baobabs3 Belo sur Tsiribihina4 Bekopaka · Tsingy
By roadOvernight or visit

Returns to Morondava by the same road.

4 daysfrom €595 pp

Tsingy Express

Morondava · Belo sur Tsiribihina · Bekopaka

The shortest honest way to see the stone forest. Two ferry crossings, a full day inside the park, and the baobabs at sunset on the way back.

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Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of Stone, River and Forest: Morondava, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha, Manambolo gorge, Kirindy Forest, Avenue of the Baobabs.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-MarieRanomafanaIsaloIfaty reef1 Morondava2 Belo sur Tsiribihina3 Bekopaka · Tsingy4 Manambolo gorge5 Kirindy Forest6 Avenue of the Baobabs
By roadBy riverOvernight or visit
6 daysfrom €895 pp

Stone, River and Forest

Morondava · Belo sur Tsiribihina · Bekopaka · Kirindy

The Tsingy without rushing, plus the Manambolo river gorge and a night in Kirindy looking for fossa. The trip I recommend most often.

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Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of Down the Tsiribihina: Antananarivo, Antsirabe, Miandrivazo, Tsiribihina river camps, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha, Morondava.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-MarieRanomafanaIsaloIfaty reef1 Antananarivo2 Antsirabe3 Miandrivazo4 Tsiribihina camps5 Belo sur Tsiribihina6 Bekopaka · Tsingy7 Morondava
By roadBy riverOvernight or visit
8 daysfrom €1,150 pp

Down the Tsiribihina

Antsirabe · Miandrivazo · Tsiribihina river · Belo · Bekopaka · Morondava

Three days drifting down the Tsiribihina by pirogue, camping on sandbanks, arriving at Belo by water — then on to the Tsingy.

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Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of The Light on the Limestone: Morondava, Avenue of the Baobabs, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha, Manambolo gorge, Kirindy Forest.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-MarieRanomafanaIsaloIfaty reef1 Morondava2 Avenue of the Baobabs3 Belo sur Tsiribihina4 Bekopaka · Tsingy5 Manambolo gorge6 Kirindy Forest
By roadBy riverOvernight or visit
7 daysfrom €1,050 pp

The Light on the Limestone

Morondava · Belo sur Tsiribihina · Bekopaka · Kirindy

A slow photographic journey through Menabe and Melaky. Fewer kilometres, longer stops, and a guide who knows where the light falls.

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Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of The West and the RN7: Antananarivo, Antsirabe, Ranomafana, Isalo, Toliara · Ifaty, Morondava, Kirindy Forest, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-Marie1 Antananarivo2 Antsirabe3 Ranomafana4 Isalo5 Toliara · Ifaty6 Morondava7 Kirindy Forest8 Belo sur Tsiribihina9 Bekopaka · Tsingy
By roadBy airOvernight or visit

The hop from the south-west to Morondava is flown.

16 daysfrom €2,450 pp

The West and the RN7

Antananarivo · Antsirabe · Ranomafana · Isalo · Ifaty · Morondava · Tsingy

Madagascar's two great routes in one journey: the southern highland road, then west to the baobabs and the stone forest.

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Relief map of Madagascar showing the route of The Grand Traverse: Antananarivo, Andasibe, Antsirabe, Ranomafana, Isalo, Toliara · Ifaty, Morondava, Kirindy Forest, Belo sur Tsiribihina, Bekopaka · Tsingy de Bemaraha.AnkaranaNosy BeMarojejyMasoalaSainte-Marie1 Antananarivo2 Andasibe3 Antsirabe4 Ranomafana5 Isalo6 Toliara · Ifaty7 Morondava8 Kirindy Forest9 Belo sur Tsiribihina10 Bekopaka · Tsingy
By roadBy airOvernight or visit

The hop from the south-west to Morondava is flown.

21 daysfrom €3,250 pp

The Grand Traverse

Andasibe · Ranomafana · Isalo · Coast · Morondava · Kirindy · Tsingy

Three weeks and three Madagascars: eastern rainforest, the RN7 south to the coast, and finally the west and the Tsingy.

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