Spice Tours
Jour 1Arrival in Antananarivo
After your arrival at the airport in the capital of Madagascar you will be met and accompanied to your hotel by your English speaking guide. You are free to spend the rest of the day as you please. (A)
Jour 2 Flight to Sambava
Early in the morning you are picked up and taken to the airport of Antananarivo, then you fly to Sambava. You are free to spend the rest of the day as you please. (F, A)
Jour 3Sambava
During the morning you will see the city Sambava and the surrounding area. The city was founded by a French lieutenant, named Gillet, at the mouth of the River Sambava. Afterwards, you enjoy a picnic at the lake of Antomaro. You are free to spend the afternoon as you please. (F, A)
Jour 4 Cloves, vanilla and cinnamon
Today you drive to Antalaha and enjoy the varied landscape during the trip. Antalaha had been a small village like any other before the introduction of the vanilla cultivation. Its time of economical prosperity was due to the exportation of vanilla. On the way, we visit the plantations of Farahalana, Masovaraka and Ambohitrara where we see vanilla, cacao, pepper and other spices. (F, A)
Jour 5Pepper, vanilla and cacao
Today, we drive via Sambava to Andapa. The villages Ambarimiabana and Nosiarina are our first destinations today. Here you can learn how the spices, vanilla, cacao and pepper are planted, cultivated and harvested. During the afternoon we visit the vanilla plantation of Manantenina in Andapa. (F, A)
Jour 6 Pepper, chilli and ginger
During this day trip we visit the following plantations : Anjiahely and Anjiabe. (F, A)
Day 7: Visit to the biggest coconut plantation of the Indian Ocean
Trip to Sambava. On the way, visit to the coconut plantation of Soavoanio. In the afternoon, the programme is to visit a vanilla plantation near Sambava. (F, A)
Day 8:Relax and recover
Today we drive to the hotel Orchidea Beach. The hotel is directly on the seaside and invites you to relax and enjoy. Use the day to review the journey. (F, A)
Day 9:Flight to Antananarivo and flight home
Today you fly back to your starting point in Antananarivo where you say goodbye to the island in the Indian Ocean and start your flight back home . (F)