Northern Madagascar Explorer

Fly to Antananarivo. On arrival, transfer to Relais Des Plateaux to stay overnight, breakfast included.

Take a morning flight to Diego Suarez on the far north coast. Your dedicated, professional, English-speaking wildlife expert guide and driver will transfer you in your private 4WD to Montagne d'Ambre National Park to stay 2 nights in the comfortable Nature Lodge with all meals included. Visit Montagne d'Ambre with your guides for an introductory rainforest experience.

You'll have the day to enjoy the rainforest of Montagne d'Ambre, a beautiful park with your guides.

Drive for about 2hrs,30min southward to Black Lemur Camp where you stay for two nights, all meals included. Take an introductory walk into Andrafiamena Protected area's semi-moist tropical deciduous forests to seek out one of the World's rarest primates, Perrier's black sifaka. Its population is less than 500, with a viable breeding population lower than 200 individuals.

Your guides will take you for day and night walks into the transition forest at Andrafiamena, where among others you'll be seeking Perrier's black sifaka, Northern sportive lemur and Crowned lemur.

After breakfast at Black Lemur Camp, travel westwards to Ankarana Special Reserve where you stay for three nights in the uniquely stylish Iharana Bush Camp with all meals included.

During these two days, your guides will take you on the various activities on offer using Iharana Bush Camp as a base. There are wonderful circuits outside as well as inside the Special Reserve so you'll have plenty to keep you busy. Inbetween excursions, you can relax at the swimming pool.

You will be transferred about 3 hours west to Ankify (let your guide know if en route you would like to make a stop at Plantation Millot), and from there about 15 minutes by speedboat to secluded and lovely Antoremba Lodge to stay 4 nights on a full board basis.

With Antoremba as your base, you can arrange through reception (payable locally) a variety of excursions to seldom-seen places in the Sambirano Region, and to the Nosy Be Archipelago just opposite the coast here.

You will be transferred by speedboat and road to Nosy Be airport for the flight back to Antananarivo where you will be taken to Relais des Plateaux. You will have the use of a day/evening room here.

Late evening transfer to Ivato airport for the Air France check in.

Fly back to the UK via Paris CDG, arriving around lunch time.