Attractions and excursions
Tana (Antananarivo)
- King palace Rova
- Zoo at Tsimbazaza (museum, Vivarium, botanic garden) •Crocodile farm (into the environs of Ivaro)
- Market: "Pochard"
- Market: "Pochard"
- Isoraka: Museum for art and archaeology
- Andravoahangy: Artisan market
- Analakely: centre for art and archaeology
- Ampandianomby: National museum for geology
Surroundings Tana
- Ambohimanga (25 km): also known as "hallows" or called "blue town", Royal palace, museum
- Angovokely (50 km): Forest station, vantage point, grottoes in Andavabatomaizina and Andavatosogomby
- Ambatolampy (70 km): different tree varieties like cypresses, eucalypti, Filaos, mimosas
- Manjakatompo (15 km of Ambatolampy): exotic trees, waterfalls, lakes. Riding, trekking.
- Mantasoa (80 km): a reservoir, ideal for picnics, water-skiing, riding, tennis. Wreckage of the French ship-wrecked Jean Laborde.
- Ampefy (120 km): Volcanic lake, waterfalls, thermal springs; Lac Itasy (125 km): Waterfall
- Antsirabe (170 km): Thermal spa, Crater lakes Tritriva and Andraikiba; historical grave of Betrafo
The North
- Diego: Sandy beach in Ramena; beautiful bays of Sakalava and Courrier; Tsingy in the Ankarana mountains (110 km); Nature protectorate of Montagne D ' Ambre; sacred lake of Anivorano (80 km); Grottoes "Montagne des Francais"; 300-meter tower of "Windsor Castle", built by Englishmen
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Bath island Nosy Be: one
of the best known vacation destinations. Crater lakes, Mont Passot,
lake museum (CRNO), ruins of an Indian village from the 17th century.
Boat trips to smaller islands:
- Nosy Komba: Lemurs’ island
- Nosy Tanikely: diving and snorkelling
- Nosy Iranja: Island of the turtles
- Nosy Mitsio: untouched island of natural beauty
The South
- Ambositra (260 km from Tana): Wood carving art
- Ranomafana (90 km from Fianarantsoa): Nature reserve, thermal springs site, ecological museum
- Ambalavao (50 km from Fianarantsoa): Production of Antaimoro paper
- Mananjary: Natural spa. A geological cycle takes place here every seven years
- Tulear: Isalo national park at Ranohira; Grottoes at Sarodrano; beautiful beaches and diving reasons at Ifaty; St. Augustin books; Peninsula Anakao; Ethical graphic museum and shell-fish market in Tulear; Botanical garden in Antabato; Mahafaly graves; Sea birds on the island Nosy Ve
- Fort Dauphin: Narrow bays, Lokaro, Sainte Luce; Reserve de Nahampoana; Botanic garden and waterfalls in the reservation of Mandeha; private nature reserves of Berenty and Kaleta; Fortress of the Portuguese.
The West
- Majunga: beautiful beaches, grottoes of Anjohibe, lakes Mangatsa and Kinkony, nature protectorate in Ankarafantsika, red mountains bay in Amborovy, boat trip on the Betsiboka
- Morondava: Baobab avenue; Sakalava Vezo graves with erotic wood carvings; Tsingy of Bemaingraha (greatest limestone massif consisting of pointed rock); Forest station Kirindy; River journey on the Tsiribihina from Miandrivazo to Belo (overnight stay in tents, about 3 days); Royal grave in Tsianihy.
The East
- Andasibe (140 km from Tana): Perinet reservation: Native country of the Indri-Indri and many species of orchid
- Tamatave: Port. In Ankanin ' About one hundred kilometres in front of Tamatave the famous bush house stands , where a boat trip on the 400 km long Pangalanes canal is organised (to Mananjary). Roman Catholic cathedral St. Maria (Madagascar’s first stone church); Sugar-cane plantations at Brickaville; Research garden at Ivoloina; Spa of Foulpointe, castle of the Merina
- Island Sainte Marie: Excursions by bicycle or with pirogen . historical ruins of Ilot Madam; Whale observation between July and September at Antongil bay; Pirate graveyard