Madagascar

Friday, November 7, 2025

You’ll arrive in Nosy Be, on the northeastern tip of Madagascar, an island of lush greenery and golden beaches surrounded by the shimmering blue of the Mozambique Channel. This is where we’ll start our adventure - a place where the local culture blends with the rhythm of the sea, and our immersion experience into the magic of Madagascar kicks off. 

Staying at: Nosy Be Hotel & Spa

Saturday, November 8, 2025

On our first full day, we’ll venture out to the Lokobe Nature Reserve to observe Madagascar’s most iconic inhabitants - the lemurs. Black lemurs are endemic to Lokobe, as well as the beautiful panther chameleon. You'll experience the rainforest as a living canvas of vivid greens painted with bursts of colour from rare orchids and flashes of wings of the exotic birds that call the canopy home. After a delicious lunch of local fare, we will meander up to Mont Passot - highest point on the island of Nosy Be - for sunset and stars. An extinct volcano, Mont Passot is at the center of Nosy Be, and will provide an excellent 360-degree vantage point to watch and shoot the sun slipping below the horizon and the stars that will emerge shortly after. 

Staying at: Nosy Be Hotel & Spa

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Day three will find us hopping over to the mainland and driving north towards Ambilobe. You’ll find the landscape shifting with every twist and turn of the road as we head into the interior: dense rainforests give way to wide, open savannahs, with charming villages dotting the landscape. Vibrant Ambilobe makes for the perfect gateway to explore the Ankarana massif. 

Staying at: Kozobe Hotel

Monday, November 10, 2025

Day four will be an Indiana Jones-style adventure to Ankarana National Park - a place where the earth’s ancient forces have carved the land into something almost otherworldly, a landscape shaped by time, wind, and water into towering limestone pinnacles and labyrinthine caves. The famous tsingy, jagged spires of sharp limestone rock that rise like the spires of a forgotten cathedral, dominate from horizon to horizon. Hidden in the folds of these rocky cathedrals are caves filled with stalactites and stalagmites, one of which you’ll have a chance to explore if you wish. If we’re lucky, we might spot lemurs hopping from one improbable spire to another! Ankarana isn’t just a park; it’s a living, breathing testament to the geological forces that have shaped this land - a place where the wildness of Madagascar reveals itself in its most untamed and magnificent form. After our journey through this land of wonder we will make our way to Antsiranana, in the far north, where several turquoise bays meet.

Staying at: Le Grand Hôtel Diego

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

In the morning, a private boat will take us to the iconic Thousand Baobab Circuit at Cap Diego. The baobabs, with their otherworldly presence, seem to anchor the land, their age-old silhouettes casting long shadows under the early morning sun, with turquoise waters as the backdrop. The drive to Nature Lodge, at the edge of Amber Mountain National Park, will be a welcome respite from the heat of the lowlands into the mist-shrouded highlands. Arriving at Nature Lodge will feel like finding a sanctuary hidden in plain sight. The lodge itself, nestled amidst the rainforest, offers a front-row seat to the wonders of the highlands - and distant cerulean bays if the weather is clear, where the hum of the wilderness envelops you. This is a place where nature isn’t just observed but experienced: in the cool mountain air, the mist that clings to the trees, and the feeling that, for a brief moment, you’ve stepped into a world untouched by time. Here, after a rest and afternoon refreshments, we will commence a night nature walk, as so many of the animals become more active at night. 

Staying at: Nature Lodge

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

On day six we will continue to explore Amber Mountain, venturing into the forecast once again in search of lemurs and other animals and plants that only exist here. Each corner of this highland paradise offers something new: orchids blooming in secret corners, chameleons blending into the leaves, and birds that seem to weave in and out of the trees like fleeting spirits. You’ll feel the thrill of wandering under the canopy around with your telephoto lens intoxicating! After our soul-renewing forecast walk, we will enjoy some wonderful R&R time back at Nature Lodge.

Staying at: Nature Lodge

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Day seven will find us travelling back to Ambilobe, but not before a detour to experience the positively surreal Red Tsingy. These vibrant, red-hued laterite formations rise in twisted spires and sharp ridges, their fiery colour stark against the deep blue sky. The journey through the Tsingy will fire up your imagination, and keep you busy with the camera! You’ll feel like you’ve stumbled into a whimsical alien world!

Staying at: Kozube Hotel 

Friday, November 14, 2025

Winding through the rural villages while we travel back to Nosy Be on day eight, the vibrant pulse of everyday Malagasy seaside life will once again reveal itself: the clatter of fishing boats pulled ashore, children chasing each other along dirt roads, the scent of local spices mixing with the salt of the ocean breeze. An afternoon relaxing, followed by a sunset and stars shooting session will be a fantastic way to cap off experiencing the bustle of Nosy Be.

Staying at Ravintsara Wellness Hotel

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Nosy Iranja seems like a place that only exists in a fantasyland - the island’s signature white sandbar stretches like a ribbon between the two islets, its pristine surface surrounded by warm, turquoise waters, gleaming under the warm sun. On day nine, we will simply exist in paradise, swimming and enjoying incredible vistas. This is the perfect opportunity for reflection on our special time on Madagascar - and of course, a memorable swim! We’ll also be on the lookout for turtles (Nosy Iranja is often referred to as “the Turtle Island.), and perhaps even whale sharks! We’ll also be sure to show you one of the finest vantage points in all of Madagascar! ” We will then return to our hotel for sundown and our celebration finale dinner.

Staying at: Ravintsara Wellness Hotel

Sunday, November 16, 2025

On day ten you’ll have breakfast at your leisure, checkout, and airport transfers. You’ll leave Madagascar with full hearts, full memory cards, and what is hopefully one of the best travel experiences of your life.