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Please use the comments facility below to submit updates to chapters 1 to 6 (general information) of Madagascar (10th ed).
To comment on other chapters visit the main Madagascar Updates page.
Daniel Austin said,
31 December 2011 at 11:56 pm
Belaza is a certified Malagasy guide who speaks English and operates all over the country. For contact information, see http://www.gassitours.com
Klaus said,
11 December 2011 at 3:08 am
Hello Bryan,
In some places the Jirama is not able any more to supply electricity and sometimes water constantly. Frequent cuts can be observed in the suburbs of Tana and often even inside Tana, Ranohira had recently only 6 hours of electricity in 24 hours, Tulear has frequent and long cuts as well.
In a lot of places electricity is supplied only by generators anyway.
Bryan Pready said,
9 December 2011 at 10:58 am
Power Cuts
Just returned from 3 weeks in Madagascar where we experienced frequent cuts. In many cases this can mean no water, as well. Even where hotels have back-up generators, they are usually only powerful enough to provide basic lighting, therefore no hot water, no air conditioning and maybe no fans. Choice of food and drink can be restricted because some kitchen equipment isn’t working.
Tip: Keep your torch handy!
Klaus said,
28 June 2011 at 9:49 pm
Extraordinary Kayak Tours can be organized on very unusual rivers & areas like for instance the Mangoky River or the Ilakaka area around the famouse Sapphire Mines in the deep south.
As a shorter but nevertheless amazing Kayak Tour I can recommend an easy 4 hours Tour in a never visited area in Ranomafana N.P
http;//urlaub-auf-madagaskar.com
Daniel Austin said,
5 March 2011 at 10:21 pm
The mobile network Zain (numbers starting 033) has changed hands and is now called Airtel.
madafan: anything madagascar travel related said,
1 February 2011 at 10:51 am
An update: The Madagascar free visa for stay less than 30 Days is extended for 2011.
Klaus Konnerth said,
21 December 2010 at 7:32 am
Unfortunately it’s too late for entering in the new edition of the best Travel Guide ever published for Madagascar.
After having travelled for many years in a personal and responsible manner, the passion for discovery of other cultures took me towards the job I’m doing since more than seven years:
Tour Leader, Tour Guide,Travel escort , Tour director
I’m taking care of all sorts of travel logistics in Madagascar in a very flexible way. In order to keep the proposed travel really flexible, the organization is done before and during the travel accordingly to the demand of those who participate.
The insatiable curiosity remains an important motivation, an unwavering ability to adapt to changes in the utmost calm, is the basis of this fascinating profession.
Occasionally an escort may accompany tourists to a specific activity, and yet the range of interventions is virtually limitless: sports activities ranging from simple walks, biking to paragliding, Support of scientific field studies and again the variations are limitless.
Madagascar is the land of predilection for the unexpected but it falls well, I like to deal with. That’s where I live, that’s where I work.
In the past I used to work for French agencies (Arvel Voyages, E-changeons le monde) and I still accept groups for them but now the decision is made, Madagascar is almost unknown to German and English speaking guests.
It’s very easy for me to du tour guiding in German, English, French and even Italian, what I need is to be known and that’s why I will ask you to give me the chance to enter to the Bradt Travelguide MADAGASCAR as à specialized Tour Leader for individuals and groups
There are further information on my Homepage:
http://urlaub-auf-madagaskar.com
The Homepage is in German but the language can be changed easily with Google translation.
Pablo & Itziar said,
6 August 2010 at 1:50 pm
General
A good idea for environmental concerned travellers would be to suggest to bring with them a pair of cotton bags or plastic resistant ones in order to avoid being given plastic bags constantly for every single purchase. Like this every purchase would be put in the same bag, helping to reduce plastic consumption.
It is a good general advice to travellers to try to have always a lot of change on them. Small purchases (100, 200ar) are common and usually the seller has no change available, what leads to ask to other sellers, search that some times can take quite long time.
Document certification
It is possible, and extremely easy, to get copies of your passport legalised in Tana. With this legalised copies you can move around the country without having to take your passport constantly with you and be able to show those papers to the police if you are requested to.
How to do it? Just take a copy of your passport (both the personal data page and the one where the visa was stamped) to any of the the Arrondisement Commune. We took ourcopies to the 4eme Arrondisement Commune (the 4th neighbourghood townhall offices) located near Anosy Lake, at Kianja (square) Karl Marx. They will stamp in your photocopies their approval indicating that those copies are exactly the same as the originals. They will charge a nominal fee of 1.000 Ar. (about 0,30€) for this.
MONEY/BANKS/EXCHANGE
BNI / Credit Lionesse: Has ATMs that work both with VISA and MASTERCARD. We found this bank almost all around the country (even is small cities such as Manakara, but not in Ambodifotatra). We always withdrew from their reliable ATM.
Harriet Joao said,
17 April 2010 at 1:00 pm
MadagasCaT Charters & Travel offer expert advice on travel to and in Madagascar. http://www.madagascat.co.za is their general travel site. http://www.madagascatcharters.co.za is the site dedicated to charter holidays around the islands of Nosy Be and http://www.kayakinmadagascar.co.za covers guided kayaking tours around Ile Sainte Marie, Masoala Peninsula and Nosy Be. The company policy is not to send clients to places that they have not personally tried and tested. Vital in a country like Madagascar.