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Mountains, canyons and rivers

Jan-Feb : Trek/descente de riviere, Isalo-Onilahy-Tulear.
From 4 persons.
17 days Tana-Tulear

Two Lezards, ,it ain't a killer but the trek is sometimes hot!

Leaving from Tananarive by RN7.
First stop in Ambositra. 4-5 h of windy paved road through highlands scenery.

On the road south, a typical scene.

We leave the rickshaws of Antsirabe behind to discover Ambositra,the Village of Roses , Capital of arts and crafts. The village is well known for its wood sculptures.

Seconth day takes us to Ranohira. 8 h of well and beautiful paved road. The landscape change is drastic and sunny on most of it !
i know it's a long stretch but we will have lunch in a nice reserve packed with Catta lemurs.

The tapia which looks a little like a small oak are relatively fire resistant

Next day we set off early for the southern part of the Isalo.
We leave civilisation between sandstone mesas and tapias (local oak) forests towards the Isalo canyons.
Few villages on this trail and a great finish in Benenitra.

Our well trained porters team, the key to successin Malagasy backcountry

It's 8 days to Benenitra, a big village on the side of Onilahy.

Some of those light traps are really eye catching

We work our way south towards deep and narrow canyons, bare foot in streams or baking on white sand under lemurs, chameleons and local sheperds surveillance.

I recommend sandals for this dry but wet trek Local cook & cooker
made from termites mound

From there we embark on our raft and float calmly through beautiful forests and countryside

I love those narrow sections carved by the high water fury

Three days from St Augustin, we cross the road from Tulear to Fort Dauphin but Tongobory ain't much bigger than Benenitra and this contact with civilisation is very short !…

There's not always as much water, so enjoy it!

A bit further (2 days) we arrive in St Augustin after visiting the 7 sacred lakes.

You will deserve a couple of days to relax on the Mozambique channel in Anakao, a real bed and a table to eat, sheer luxury after two weeks of slow drifting.

St Augustin kid, back from laundry

Arrival in Tulear.

Nosy Ve in front of Anakao, your beach reward

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