Classic or Diving Cruise 8 Days - Morondava to Mangily/Ifaty (April)

Duration
8 days / 7 nights
Route
Morondava - Mangily/Ifaty - Tuléar

✓ Included

  • Full board
  • Navigation
  • Village visits
  • Diving equipment (optional)

✗ Not included

  • Drinks
  • Dives
  • Land accommodation (optional)

CLASSIC OR DIVING CRUISE 8 DAYS - MORONDAVA TO MANGILY/IFATY (APRIL)

8 days of full-board cruise. Drinks and dives not included in price. Itinerary subject to weather conditions.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1

Morondava – Belo sur Mer - Morning departure from Nofy Be Club House pontoon at Nosy Kely. Early afternoon arrival in Belo sur Mer bay. Visit to shipyard, evening meal aboard for overnight at anchor. Hotel option ashore (not included).

Day 2

Belo sur Mer – Mite Dunes – Nosy Andriamitaroka - 5am departure (if you spent the night aboard you can continue sleeping). Morning arrival at Mite. Walk in the dunes with breathtaking views of sea and interior lakes. Navigation to Nosy Andriamitaroka (rat island), arrival at day's end.

Day 3

Nosy Andriamitaroka (rat island) - Swimming, snorkeling and island walk. Afternoon departure for overnight navigation to Andevitra Bay north of Morombe.

Day 4

Andevitra Bay - Morombe - Swimming and walk in bay. Departure for Morombe, arrival late afternoon. Provisioning, embarkation of dive equipment if divers aboard, town walk, dinner aboard and drinks at Eclipse, local disco. Night aboard or at hotel (not included).

Day 5

Morombe – Nosy Andranombala - Andavadoaka - Morning departure. Swimming and island walk at Nosy Andranombala, then navigation to Andavadoaka with possibility of dive. Afternoon arrival, visit of incredible hospital for bush people and Vezo villagers, drink in village, dinner and sleeping aboard.

Day 6

Andavadoaka - Ambatomilo - Morning departure with possibility of dives off Andavadoaka and Antsepoka. Arrival at Ambatomilo, swimming, village and dune walk, dinner aboard, digestif at Martine's. Night at anchor inside coral barrier.

Day 7

Ambatomilo – Salary - Morning dives and walk. Late morning departure for lagoon navigation, afternoon arrival at Salary. Swimming, village walk, night dive. Dinner aboard and evening at Francesco's animated by Mikea musicians. Overnight navigation to Mangily/Ifaty.

Day 8

Ifaty/Mangily - Tuléar - Swimming or last dive at Rose Massif. Lunch aboard to celebrate cruise end, final farewells and departure for Tuléar by car (30 minutes).


Diving Option with Mangily Scuba

If you want to dive, MANGILY SCUBA offers a diving safari between Andavadoaka and Mangily-Ifaty.

Anne Furr, PADI instructor, settled in Madagascar for 12 years will take you on 7 dives in 4 cruise days. All equipment, tanks, compressor, rescue material included are provided by MANGILY SCUBA.

The 7 dives will be between 10 and 30 meters depth along the coral barrier. This part of Mozambique Channel offers magnificent sites: drop-offs, canyons, patch reefs and drift dives in the passes.

Interested in this cruise?

Contact us to book or get more information about this exceptional cruise

Request a quote