Day 1: Tana Arrival at the airport Ivato, meet our tour representative and transfer to hotel Chalet de Rose (mid range), or the Tana hotel (top). Days 2 - 3: Tana - Mananara Transfer to the Airport and take the flight to Mananara, Mananara is the only place where you can be sure to find Aye-Aye easily on the Aye-Aye island, however, their range is restricted by the island‘s small size and the trees are much lower and less dense, so they are comparatively easy to see. Overnight at the hotel Aye-Aye (mid range) or the hotel Chez Roger (mid range). Evening visit at the Aye-Aye Island. Day 4: Mananara - NosyMangabe Take the boat from Mananara to Nosy Mangabe, The Special Reserve of Nosy Mangabe is a small island (520 ha) covered in humid thick forest. Despite this island's remote natural beauty, Four lemur species (black and white lemur, brown lemur, aye aye, microcebe), two of which are nocturnal, also can be found on Nosy Mangabe. This is one of the places where you can find the Uroplatus, a well camouflaged and other worldly looking lizard. Nosy Mangabe also shelters the world's smallest chameleon, the tiny Brookesia, as well as other rare species like the Aye-Aye. In fact, this forested island is thought by many to be the best place to observe the Aye-Aye, thought by many to be Madagascar's strangest lemur. With its golden sand beaches from whose shores you can see the hump backed whales swimming in the bay. Overnight Camping and full-board. Day 5: NosyMangabe - Masoala Leave NosyMangabe by boat to Masoala National park. Masoala is actually a complex of protected areas of 240,520 ha. It has four terrestrial parcels and three marine parcels. It is part of the forests of the East of Madagascar classified among the world natural heritage sites of the forests of the Atsinanana. The Masoala complex, the Masoala Park and the special reserve of Nosy Mangabe is the biggest protected area of Madagascar. We can find islets of the forests or rocks, coral reefs, zones of herbaria and narrow strips of mangrove swamp forest there. Masoala is among the richest regions on biodiversity. We can find 50% of species of the plants of Madagascar and more than 50% of the species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles in there. Overnight at Chez Arol (mid range) or Tampolo Lodge (mid range) Day 6: Visit at the Park A full day visit at the park, 102 species of birds of which more than 60% are endentic which have been counted in Masoala. Among the ten species of lemurs of the park, four are part of the category of the primates the more threatened in the red list of the International union of the Conservation of the Nature (UICN). Among the carnivores, Masoala is the only locality where the mongoose Salanoia concolor or Brown-tailed mongooses have been observed since the 1970. This species is the least known of the Malagasy carnivores. The Humpback whale, the big dolphin and the belly pink dolphin live in Masoala sea. The Sirenien specie, the Dugong, exists too in this region. 41 types of corals are made an inventoryat Masoala. Reptiles, batrachians, marine turtles and fishes (Marin and from fresh water) are over there too. Overnight at Arol Lodge (mid range) or Tampolo lodge (mid range). Day 7: Masoala - Maroantsetra After breakfast return to Maroantsetra by fast boat, spend the afternoon visiting Maroantsetra or relaxing on the beach. Overnight at Hotel Cocobeach (mid range), Hotel Relais de Masoala (top) or Masoala Resort (top). Day 8: Maroantsetra - Tana Take a flight back to Tana; upon arrival, go directly to the terminal A for the international flight check in. Notes: Prices: 
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