Four of us did a trip of about 3 weeks with Andry Falimanantsoa of "Madagascar Tour Guide" and it turned out well, we pretty much cleaned up on the endemics and other targets. Andry added local tour guides at most of the sites. You can contact him at [email protected]Am planning a month in Madagascar and looking for guides or fellow birders to share some of the birding with? If anyone else has similar plans or recommendations please share?
Thanks so much for this - I will do!Four of us did a trip of about 3 weeks with Andry Falimanantsoa of "Madagascar Tour Guide" and it turned out well, we pretty much cleaned up on the endemics and other targets. Andry added local tour guides at most of the sites. You can contact him at [email protected].
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Four of us did a trip of about 3 weeks with Andry Falimanantsoa of "Madagascar Tour Guide" and it turned out well, we pretty much cleaned up on the endemics and other targets. Andry added local tour guides at most of the sites. You can contact him at [email protected].
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I'm also planning a trip but it will be late 2025. Have made contact with Madagascar Tour Guide - impressed with speed and clarity of communication so farHI,
Am planning a month in Madagascar and looking for guides or fellow birders to share some of the birding with? If anyone else has similar plans or recommendations please share?
Thanks
Hi- yes similar response - I’m just getting a few things sorted then I can take the time to go through what I have so far and share ideas … thanks so much for respondingI'm also planning a trip but it will be late 2025. Have made contact with Madagascar Tour Guide - impressed with speed and clarity of communication so far
Thank you - will check outIf you want to look over a previous trip, read Adam Bowley’s 2012 thread “A Mad Month in Madagascar”.
We're planning something similar. How much approximately did this set you back (just the tour and what it included)?Four of us did a trip of about 3 weeks with Andry Falimanantsoa of "Madagascar Tour Guide" and it turned out well, we pretty much cleaned up on the endemics and other targets. Andry added local tour guides at most of the sites. You can contact him at [email protected]
Hi Steve - did you manage to get anything sorted? I'm still looking so happy to do some sharing if that works for you?I too am planning an October trip to Madagascar. I'd hoped that I could fly from Tana to Mahjanga, Toliara, and Tolagnaro (all flights in country require a return to Tana) and rent a self drive car or 4x4 as needed. Preliminary searches say there aren't rental vehicles at these cities. Does anyone know if one can get a vehicle outside of Tana?
Although I like to drive and drove big-rigs in my younger days, I don't know that I want to try the drives as to get to the minimum number of places I'd want to see would be over a week of drive time, and that's assuming the best which is almost always a fools errand.
Mahalo ... Steve
The easiest way forward is:I too am planning an October trip to Madagascar. I'd hoped that I could fly from Tana to Mahjanga, Toliara, and Tolagnaro (all flights in country require a return to Tana) and rent a self drive car or 4x4 as needed. Preliminary searches say there aren't rental vehicles at these cities. Does anyone know if one can get a vehicle outside of Tana?
Although I like to drive and drove big-rigs in my younger days, I don't know that I want to try the drives as to get to the minimum number of places I'd want to see would be over a week of drive time, and that's assuming the best which is almost always a fools errand.
Mahalo ... Steve
There is a new report on cloudbirders by Daniel Branch, that is probably worth checking out: