Madagascar is one of the world’s top destinations for wildlife photography. This exclusive 14-day Madagascar photography tour is designed for passionate and professional photographers looking to capture iconic lemurs, chameleons, geckos, frogs, reptiles, and extraordinary endemic species.
Our Madagascar tour fotográfico offers expert guidance, small groups, and the best opportunities to photograph rare wildlife in pristine habitats. Experience incredible encounters, perfect light, and unique biodiversity while creating a powerful portfolio in Madagascar.
All nights’ accommodation during the tour.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Transfers to and from the airport in Madagascar (arrival and departure).
Herpetologist guide throughout the trip.
Driver, vehicles, and fuel.
Transport by boat, train, or ferry.
Entrance fees to planned destinations, protected areas, and national parks.
Local guides in national parks, reserves, and other protected areas.
For island crossings.
+USD 800
international flights and domestic flights.
Individual excursions not included in the itinerary.
health insurance and Travel insurance (international health, accident, luggage, repatriation, trip cancellation).
Upon your arrival at Antananarivo, we will pick you up from the airport to the hotel, where you will spend
one overnight stay.
Accommodation: IC Hotel or similar
From Antananarivo, we travel through the southern highlands to Antsirabe, where we will have lunch, and
then continue to Ambositra, the capital of woodcarving
Accommodation: Hotel Artisan or similar
We drive around 170 km from Ambositra to Ranomafana, a rainforest known for its chameleons. Along the
way, we stop for landscape photography and try to look for chameleons.
Accommodation: Hotel de Therme or similar
After breakfast, we explore the rainforest in search of the golden bamboo lemur, Edwards’ sifaka, orchids,
amphibians, and reptiles, including the rare Satanic leaf-tailed gecko. In the evening, a nocturnal walk
focuses on chameleons and potentially mouse lemurs.
Accommodation: Hotel de Therme or similar
Today we head back into the rainforest again to find more lemurs and a lots of reptiles and amphibians.
On the way back, we will focus on the Parson’s chameleon which is the largest chameleon in the world.
Accommodation: Hotel de Therme or similar
We drive back to the highlands, passing through Ambositra, famous for wood carving, with an optional stop to visit local workshops.
Accommodation: Hotel Voyageur or similar
We drive approximately 320 km to Andasibe, our second rainforest destination rich in reptiles an amphibians.
Accommodation: Feony Ala or similar
We’ll visit Analamazaotra National Park today, home to the largest lemur in Madagascar, the Indri, and the most beautiful, the diademed sifaka. During our walk, we’ll also see chameleons and, with luck, leaf-tailed geckos.
Accommodation: Feony Ala or similar
Morning excursion to Maromizaha Forest to observe a lot of spieces of reptiles like the leaf tailed gecko (which is one of the higlhight of the reptiles in Madagascar) and rare chameleons such as Calumma roaloko and Calumma malthe.
Return to the hotel for rest, then, in the evening we return back at the same park for a night walk visit for reptiles and colorful frogs like Boophis boehmii.
Accommodation: Feony Ala or similar
After breakfast, we continue towards the east coast. We drive around 150 Km from Andasibe to Manambato where we board on our motorboat. It will take around 1 hour and a half to arrive at our Hotel the “Palmarium reserve” or “Ankanin’ny nofy” which means “the nest of dreams”
Accommodation: Palmarium Hotel
After breakfast, we head into the forest full of lemurs. Here you can indulge in photography at your leisure.
The motifs are numerous and almost always close at hand. In the evening, we take a boat to a small island, where we can find one the most famous lemur in Madagascar, the “Aye-aye”
Accommodation: Palmarium Hotel
Today, after breakfast, we follow a path along the beach to find some beautiful and colorful frogs and we go to a place where we can find the “Nepenthes Madascariensis” or the carnivor plants.
During the after you will have free time to relax before the long trip for the next day.
Accommodation: Palmarium Hotel
After breakfast we say goodbye to the many lemurs and drive back towards the capital. If we have time, we could go to a souvenirs shop and spice shop before we check in our hotel
Accommodation: IC Hotel or similar
Today we head to the airport, and it’s time to say goodbye.
