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Madagascar family adventure
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Overview
Short Description
Walk in the Ifotaka sacred forest and view tombs hidden deep in the undergrowth. Explore the spiny forest and the wildlife that lives within.
Itinerary
Day 1 : International outbound flight
Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Antananarivo.
Day 2 : Antananarivo
On arrival, a driver will meet you and take you to your city centre hotel to relax after your flights.
Day 3 : Ifotaka Community Forest
Today you will be taken back to the airport to fly down to Fort Dauphin. A driver from Mandrare River Camp will meet you and transfer you back to the camp. Settle in and relax with a cold drink before enjoying some of the superb food the chef conjures up.
Day 4 : Ifotaka Community Forest
There are numerous activities to enjoy from Mandrare River Camp. We highly recommend a walk in the sacred forest. This is excellent for viewing lemurs, chameleons and birds.
Day 5 : Ifotaka Community Forest
Today you can choose to spend the day either on further forest walks or immersing yourself in the Antandroy culture. You could visit the local village and meet with the ombiasy or get involved with learning how to use a zebu-hide slingshot! The Antandroy tribe are a fascinating people and this is a great opportunity to gain a unique insight to their culture.
Day 6 : Manafiafy
You will be taken back to Fort Dauphin today and continue on to Manafiafy Beach and Rainforest Lodge. This is a great place to relax with plenty of wildlife in the area and numerous activities on offer.
Day 7 : Manafiafy
There are a number of different excursions and activities included during your stay including snorkelling around the sheltered bay, guided walks in the forest along with boat rides through the mangrove channels and to nearby islands.
Day 8 : Manafiafy
Today you may like to arrange a fishing trip from Manafiafy with guides from the lodge.
Day 9 : Manafiafy
Enjoy a guided walk to explore the surrounding area. The forest is home to a large number of different lemur species including the dwarf, mouse, sportive and brown lemurs as well as reptiles.
Day 10 : Antananarivo
From Manafiafy you will be transferred by road to Fort Dauphin for your flight back to Tana and your overnight hotel.
Day 11 : International return flight
You will be taken back to the airport to meet your onward flights today.
Day 12 : International return flight
Arrive home today to complete your journey.
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Madagascar family adventure
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The locations were perfect and the activities made the experience extra special.
I would definitely recommend Audley and especially Ewan to anyone looking for a more bespoke experience.
Unresponsive
I contacted Audley as they came recommended by Wilderness Travel, the company we traveled with previously.
I left multiple messages for their regional specialist Adam -- voice messages through his co-workers (Alec and Jacky), email, website inquiry -- he didn't reply. I finally spoke to another specialist at the office (Lydia) and pressed her to not take yet another message for Adam, but tell me honestly if they are interested in working on our itinerary or we should move on. She then told me that they are busy. Well, wish they had some integrity to tell me on the first call, so I didn't have to loose time on trying to contact their "specialist".
p.s. They sent their automated marketing message with ALL their trips listed in response to my website inquiry. In this message they included: "When you are ready...". I replied that, indeed, we are ready, as I explained in my inquiry -- ready, know where and when we want to travel and are inquiring if you are interested in creating a private journey for us. No reply! Instead, they sent another marketing message the next day (and after Lydia already told us that they are very busy and won't be able to make reservations.) The second marketing message had no option to "unsubscribe". Again, I replied to that message and asked them to stop spamming me with marketing materials.
UPDATE: Audley's Client Experience Executive reached out to me in response to this review. She apologized profusely and wanted me to know that my "feedback is being heard". She said that she spoke with the employees' manager to "ensure mistakes like this don’t happen again and provide additional training to support their growth." She also promised to ask the marketing to delete my name from their marketing list. I took her at her word.
I don't know if this interaction with the client experience executive convinced me to seek Audley's services in the future, but I promised her to include in my review this "status update".
There are much better travel companies than Audley
I’m booking for South Africa and they simply can’t accept that another company can provide a better itinerary at a lower price - even to the point of asking for the other quote and saying this is usual practice in the industry!! ( rubbish) . Totally unprofessional behaviour. Furthermore , sending me emails knocking my choice of hotel and safari park while at the same time promoting hotels that clearly have issues as evidenced by poor ratings on the major sites
I use another well known travel provider that actually provide high quality at a decent price
Audley are simply interested in selling the highest price hotels etc that give them the maximum profit rather than what is right for you
They love themselves and keep on saying nonsense such as “ I’m really pleased with what I’ve come up with and hope you are too “
They need to get real
I won’t reveal the name of the agent dealing with me as that’s probably unfair
Amazing Trip of a life time
Christmas in Thailand
Mark Hotham at Audley Travel helped us to put together the holiday of a lifetime. He helped us through the complexity of different start dates, advised on a suitable hotel and arranged a terrific trip to the Elephant Hills camp in the jungle.
The arrangements worked splendidly, the hotel in Khao Lak was first class and the Elephant Hills trip was magical.
Nothing was ever too much trouble for Mark and every effort was made to deliver the holiday we were looking for.
We have already recommended Audley travel to our friends and they will be our first choice of travel agency from now on.
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Details
Flight & Transport Inclusions
All internal ground transport
Group Size
Intimate Group - 12 max
Trip ID#:
audley-travel-39872
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