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...a new trail’ kind of holiday, you’ll dig travel in Northern Madagascar.White-sand beaches, air perfumed with ylang-ylang and vanilla, snorkelling in...

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...Route Nationale 7 (RN7; Route du Sud) takes you straight through Central Madagascar, where the scenery is as stimulating and surreal as the culture. The...

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Hot, weird and wild, Southern Madagascar is a cinematographer’s wet dream. Filled with the world’s most...

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...ones looking to charter a private plane to the ultimate hidden paradise. Madagascar’s hard-to-reach western region – divided in two, with no roads...

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Pirates aren’t stupid. They figured out how juicy Eastern Madagascar’s treasures were and looted its coastline centuries before the rest of...

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...replicas of taxis and rickshaws, leather goods and handicrafts. At first glance Madagascar’s capital city resembles a Mediterranean hill town, with its highest point...

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...Canal de Mozambique and the Indian Ocean – that sparkle the colour of Madagascar’s famous sapphire, swaying coconut palms, white-sand beaches and a lack...

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...nearly one-third of the remaining tamarind (or kily) gallery forest in Madagascar, nestled between the arms of a former oxbow lake on the Mandrare...

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...landscapes, stands of spiny forest and wild beaches of this corner of Madagascar. Fort Dauphin was one of the original French territories in Madagascar. In...

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...23, 000 hectares) encompasses some of the last remaining lowland rainforest in Madagascar. An additional 1000 hectares of offshore islets and their surrounding reefs are...

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...here could be rewarded with a glimpse of the fosa (Cryptoprocta felix). Madagascar’s largest predator – not to be confused with the fossa – is an...

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Despite being Madagascar’s number-one beach destination, attracting thousands of sunscreen-slathered tourists from...

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Even though it’s become Madagascar’s favourite organised tour, drifting leisurely down the Tsiribihina (Tsi-ree-been...

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...hectares, is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Madagascar. The highlight is the jagged, limestone pinnacles, known as tsingy. Formed over...

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...bay), a bustling city where the look and attitude is classic highland Madagascar. The urban oasis in a rural desert is an almost elegant place...

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...heterurus, which is believed to be endemic to Nosy Mangabe, and the Madagascar tree boa.There are several walking trails on the island and a...

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...beach town set between the sea and the soaring Marojejy Massif on Madagascar’s rugged northeastern coast about halfway between Maroantsetra and Antsiranana. The town...

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...foray into the Parc National de l’Isalo. This park, one of Madagascar's most popular, is crawling with lemurs, studded with sacred Bara burial...

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...alone in admiring l’Isalo’s beauty, however – it’s one of Madagascar’s most popular national parks. If you want to get away from...

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...north of Soanierana-Ivongo, you’re into the remote northeast corner of Madagascar, centre of the vanilla industry. The recent vanilla boom has led to...

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Madagascar’s second-largest city, Fianarantsoa, is nothing to write home about. Although...

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...and birthing humpbackwhales. Maroantsetra’s climate is one of the wettest in Madagascar, with close to 3500mm of rain annually. May to September are the...

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...Montagne d’Ambre. A prominent volcanic massif, it is one of northern Madagascar’s most visited natural attractions. A new road through the park means...

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...by central highlanders because of the light-coloured buildings, is becoming southern Madagascar’s leading town. The approaching views are outstanding: you can see vast...

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