Madagascar itineraries for 1, 2 or 3 weeks
What fits in one, two or three weeks, with real drive times and the combinations that waste days on the road.
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Madagascar travel guides
Plain answers to the questions people ask before they book, from a local team that plans private trips all over the island.
We're a small Malagasy team in Antananarivo, and we drive these roads every season. These guides cover what a trip costs, how long you need, when to go and whether it's safe, plus the parks and lemurs people come for, trade-offs included. Anything that changes, like park fees, comes with a date, and where we can't be sure, we say so.
Every guide ends with the trips that fit it. If none of them is quite right, tell us your dates and we'll shape one around you. We reply within 24 hours.
Planning
Before you book
How much does a trip to Madagascar cost?
What a private Madagascar trip costs, what our prices include, and what goes on top: flights, the visa, meals and tips, plus park fees if you travel on your own.
The best time to visit Madagascar, month by month
Month by month and region by region: dry roads, cyclones, the Tsingy's short season, whales, lemur babies, birds and chameleons.
Getting around Madagascar: car hire with a driver, self-drive or flights
Car hire with a driver-guide, self-drive, domestic flights or taxi-brousse: the trade-offs, drive times in 2026, and why the west needs a 4x4.
Is Madagascar safe for tourists?
What the US, UK, Canadian and French advisories say (October 2026), and what to actually do about crime, night roads, malaria and cyclones.
Planning a Madagascar honeymoon
Three private routes that end on a beach, the months to pick and avoid, how long, rough costs, and an honest comparison with Mauritius and the Seychelles.
Places
Parks, islands and lemurs
The best places to visit in Madagascar
Andasibe, the Tsingy, Isalo, Nosy Be and the rest, region by region: what each place is like and how long it needs.
Where to see lemurs in Madagascar
Indri, ring-tails, sifakas, the aye-aye and mouse lemurs: where each one lives, when to go, and how close you really get.
Andasibe National Park: indri, night walks and how to visit
The indri, the night walk rules since 2025, Mantadia, Vakona and Peyrieras, rain and leeches, and how many days to give Andasibe.
Ranomafana National Park: bamboo lemurs, steep trails and how to visit
The golden bamboo lemur and Ranomafana's other lemurs, how hard the trails are, the 2025 night walk rules, the fees, Centre ValBio and how many nights to stay.
Isalo National Park: hikes, pools and how to visit
How the Isalo walks compare, how many days to give it, when the heat bites, the 2026 park fees and where it fits between Anja and the coast.
Avenue of the Baobabs: how to visit, and when
When to go, how to get to Morondava, what the rains change, and how to fit the Avenue in with Kirindy and the Tsingy.
Tsingy de Bemaraha: visiting the Grand and Petit Tsingy
Grand or Petit Tsingy, the road from Morondava, the opening season, what the climbing involves and how many days to allow.
Nosy Be: things to do, when to go and how to get there
Lokobe, Nosy Komba, Tanikely and Iranja, when the rains and the whales come, flights and the Ankify boat, and how many nights to give Nosy Be.
Île Sainte-Marie: whales, beaches and how to get there
Whale season and the rules boats follow, Île aux Nattes and the pirate cemetery, the rain and cyclones, the flight or the boat, and how many nights to give Sainte-Marie.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you want to see
Send your dates and a rough idea. We reply within 24 hours with a written itinerary and a firm price. No deposit to ask a question.