Top 20 Experiences in Nosy Be
Guided day tour to the Nosy Iranja Natural Island
Paradise island, white beaches and crystal clear water. Perfect destination to relax on one of the most beautiful islands in the Indian Ocean.
Guided tour of the Nosy Komba and Nosy Tanikely Islands
A tour that allows you to visit two of the most fascinating islands that surround Nosy Be. Marine and terrestrial natural parks, pristine environments will make your experience unforgettable. Transportation by boat and possibility of snorkelling.
Lokobe Reserve
During your private full-day tour of Lokobe Reserve, you will have the chance to see the smallest chameleon in the world. An authentic crossing in a traditional rowing canoe is also included.
Full-day jungle trek on Nosy Komba (Lemur island) with the Black Lemur Sanctuary
It is a real 6 hours jungle trek, a wonderful experience. It's like being in a David Attenburough film. Funny lemurs and chameleons, exotic plants, like Jackfruit, cocoa, lychee, pepper and coffee bushes, vanilla and a lot more. It's not a simple walk on a paved nature trail, so for prepared travellers only. After reaching the island peak, in the second half of the trek we meet more and more lemurs, who are very friendly in winter, even jumping on us gently and accepting bananas from our hands, to eat sitting on our shoulders or heads. It's a real jungle adventure! You'll encounter real jungle villages with friendly indigenous people and such flora and fauna that you have only seen in nature films. During the tour you can taste things like the fresh cocoa fruit (the flesh of cocoa), the sweetness of raw sugar cane, jackfruit or soursop, 8 kinds of mango in season and other special fruits that don't even have a name in English or French! Try it and you will never forget nor regret it!
Full Day Private Budget Trip to Nosy Iranja
Nosy's Iran is truly a fairytale place. It really is the kind of place most of us have only seen advertised in luxury travel catalogues or in nature films. If you would like to visit such a place and have a guaranteed a lifetime experience, you can make your dream come true with us now at an incredibly affordable price. We'll provide you with your own guide who will be with you all day to make sure you don't miss a thing and that you can fully enjoy all the wonders of Iranja. Such as the magical snow-white sandbar at low tide between the 2 small islands, with a 1.5 km long beach of white, soft coral sand that stretches long into the ocean on one side. Or snorkelling on the other side to the sprawling, colourful coral reef, full of blooming corals, millions of colourful fish and gentle, friendly sea turtles, but even dolphins are not rare guests here! You can meet the friendly local natives in their fishing village, and for lunch, and indeed for the whole day, you'll be their guests.
Full-day Natural Style Private Tour of Nosy Be Island with Lunch
Starting on the main square of Hell Ville, where Nosy Be's big market and our office are. We dive into the hustle and colourful cavalcade of the market. Then Lemuria Land. In the beautiful jungle park you can get up close and personal with more than 10 species of lemur. It's home to giant tortoises over 200 years old, the largest chameleons, crocodiles and many other interesting species to see and even touch. We visit their ylang-ylang distillery to admire it in amidst a cloud of intoxicating fragrance. After, either lunch in the best Malagasy restaurant or go on to visit the famous Sacred Tree. It's like the Tree of Souls in the movie Avatar. With luck, we meet a friendly lemur family too. Then we go on to the hidden waterfall, but before arriving we have lunch at the restaurant of the local fish smoker. After a 5-10 min jungle walk, head for the waterfall's cooling lake. If we still have time we visit the beautiful Andilana beach, or the Mont Passot lookout, with a magnificent view.
Full-Day Exclusive Private Tour to Nosy Tanikely Marine Reserve
The Tanikely Marine Reserve's coral reef has been selected as one of the 10 most beautiful snorkelling sites on Earth! Not to mention the magnificent snow-white sandy beaches and the beauty of the jungle that covers the island. On the breathtaking coral reef of Tanikely, we offer snorkelling or even a 10–15-minute real scuba diving experience by our special, 1 Liter mini scuba tanks! Our guests with their tour guide can easily experience the thrill of floating directly above the coral reefs in a cavalcade of colourful tropical fish, or swimming for minutes with a sea turtle, even without a diving licence. With our braver guests in a one-hour trek we walk around this small jewel island and admire the black sandy and rocky coast on the other side of the island. During the day we will also visit the lighthouse which gives an amazing view to the surrounding archipelago and to Madagascar. The trip includes a delicious Malagasy lunch on the coast in the shade of coconut palms.
Exploring Nosy Sakatia with guide
Experience on an island recognized and protected as a Nature Reserve. Sea and sun punctuate the culture and traditional activities of the inhabitants: fishermen, artisans, children and the elderly are immersed in everyday life to the rhythm of an astonishing nature. The coral reef is easily reached by swimming. The island is world famous for its natural pools located under the Sacred Mountain. The depths rich in poseidonia are the ideal habitat for giant sea turtles: these turtles are so accustomed to the harmless movement of the fishermen with their motorless pirogues that the human presence has become familiar. You will swim very close to them.
Full-Day Exclusive Private Tour to Breathtaking Nosy Iranja.
Over that, Nosy Iranja is really like you're on another planet, it's a unique natural wonder in the world. Iranja (small and large Iranja) is the island that turns into 1 island at low tide connected by a fabulous, unearthly beauty snow-white sand bench. Our guests are not just tourists on Nosy Iranja, but guests of the local native fishing village. The locals provide us with our own palm hut for the entire stay. Also they prepare and serve a real, traditional Malagasy lunch for you. You will admire and enjoy the snow-white coral sands of Iranja and the supernatural beauty of its coastline You can enjoy snorkelling, diving, sunbathing or a short walk to the island’s lighthouse. In addition we also offer a special 10-minute real diving experience without diving licence, with our mini diving tanks. But we also provide snorkel equipment on request, or even hammocks to be used on coconut palms. We also take real pro GoPro videos of the trips and plenty of stills for our guests.
Nosy be tour by light car
An authentic discovery with a passionate guide to admire the island of perfumes and its lakes. Meet the population, discover the culture, enjoy the beach and finish with an aperitif at sunset.
Absolutely Unique Private 2 Days Air-tents Tour to Nosy Iranja
It's an out-of-this-world experience for true lovers of freedom and nature! Mounted on the jungle trees or the coconut palms of the ocean shore, our air-tents are unique in the world. For this fantastic 2-day tree mounted air-tent tour you can choose which island you want to visit. We can take you to Nosy Komba, a stunning jungle island with plenty of funny Lemurs. It has fantastic flora & fauna. Amazing beaches and a few excellent restaurants. You can also opt for the amazing Iranja, where the 2 islands are connected at low tide by a fabulous, dazzling white sandbar. It's like being on another planet. Or we can head to Nosy Faly, the sacred island. Here, on the snow-white sandy beach, we will be guests of a fishing village, share a meal with them and even we can accompany them fishing in their canoes. In the evening of any of theses tours, after setting up the tent, we barbaque seafood, together, and enjoy exotic fruits. Whichever you choose, it will be a lifetime experience!
Full-Day Exclusive Private Tour in Nosy Be with Luxury Lunch
Swimming under a curtain of water in a waterfall hidden in a dense tropical jungle is an extraordinary experience. The African folk dance of the RAVINALA women's association in the quiet and friendly Ambanoro, visited by few, will also remain a special memory. Especially, if you try the Lemur, or Crocodile dance together with the native women! The hustle and bustle of the local market, with its cavalcade of colours and scents, will enchant anyone. In this one-day trip, we bring it all together to give you a taste of the historical, cultural and gastronomic aspects of Nosy Be, with a touch of the exotic.
5-day tour to discover the North of Madagascar
Exciting tours to discover northern Madagascar. The region is mainly inhabited by the Antakarana and Sakalava ethnic groups. It is very interesting for the variety of habitats, landscapes, National Parks and tourist sites that are worth visiting.
Guided tour to Lokobe Natural Park
A naturalistic experience inside one of the last primitive forests of Madagascar. Lokobe in the Malagasy language means many colors and they are precisely those that the tour will allow you to admire. Centuries-old plants, cute lemurs, giant turtles, reptiles and much more ...... in an uncontaminated context of suggestive beauty,
Nosy be Full Day with Local Guide from Hell Ville
Tour to discover Malagasy culture. Full day with a local guide who will make you appreciate the charm of natural beauty and traditions.
Unique Overnight private Jungle Trekking in Lokobe National Park
A night jungle trek is like no other. Fantastic atmosphere, extraordinary creatures. Only someone who's been on one knows that. A dense, humid, sultry dark black jungle, broken only by the light of our headlamps and torches, and here and there we come across special animals, either resting or hunting at night. Night lemurs, special dwarf and other chameleons, night geckos, giant snakes, etc... And, if that's not enough, sleeping in the middle of a national park in a well-kept jungle, woken up by the cries of lemur families and falling asleep among the sounds of the jungle, is like being in a nature movie. And on top of that, there's the chance to relax on a completely private sandy beach, snorkel on the coral reefs and even try paddling a traditional Malagasy canoe.
Exclusive Private Tour to Lokobe National Park (Home of the dwarf chameleons)
Paddling on the tropical Indian Ocean in a traditional tribal canoe. Crossing the edge of the mangrove swamp and meet friendly natives in a real jungle fishing village. If we are lucky, they even treat us to local folk songs and dances. Local guides who expertly and very carefully capture for us the truly wild jungle animals. Specialities such as the dwarf chameleon and up to 6-7 other rare chameleon species, lizzards, snakes, frogs. Close encounters with the funny and extremely friendly, but not cheeky or aggressive wild lemurs. Even with 5-6 species. Lunch in a real fishing village. Could anyone need more for an unforgettable experience?
Lokobe Natural reserve day trip
Lokobe is a home to a large colony of lemur macaques and other lemur species. Claire’s day microcebo and the nocturnal Mirza Zaza and Nosy Be’s lepilemide. Among the six species of chameleons, there is the smallest chameleon in the world, the Brochesia Minima, which is only a few millimeters long. Among the geckos, is the Uroplatus or leaf-tailed gecko, an animal that exploits mimicry. Among the amphibians housed in the reserve lives one of the smallest frogs in the world, Rhombophryne pygmaea, and endemic to Lokobe
Nosy Iranja Private Tour only for Cruise Ship Passengers
When we arrive at the amazingly beautiful, snow-white sandy island of Nosy Iranja we will camp in the native village and then you have a variety of options. Sunbathe on the almost 2 kilometres of fabulous sandbar, snorkel and swim with turtles. If you feel like it, we can take you to the top of the island to see the lighthouse with a fabulous view of the 2 islands of Iranja and the Indian Ocean. You can also take a short excursion around the island. Later, a traditional Malagasy lunch in the fishing village, then heading back to Nosy Be. This trip is the only way for visitors arriving by cruise ship to get to the island of Iranja and admire this stunning part of the world. No matter what time you get off the boat and what time you have to return. We will be waiting for you directly at the port with our own motorboat and we will take head immediately to Iranya. All other excursions to Nosy Iranja are leave early in the morning and not from the port.
Private cruise in the Mitsio or Radame archipelagos: 6 days / 5 nights
The Mitsio archipelago is composed of 5 islands: the Great Mitsio, Nosy Lava, Nosy Ankarea, the four brothers and Nosy Tsara Banjina for the underwater part there is the diving bench, the Beaver Bank, the brothers' bench, we also dive around the 4 brothers who are 8 minutes west of the Great Mitsio. Although the Mitsios are a diver's paradise, it should not be forgotten that the beauty of the islands and the magnificent beaches make this place the ideal destination for a "bubble-free" discovery. In addition, to the north of other unexplored islands, there are other unexplored islands with flora and fauna still intact on land. The Radama archipelago is composed of 4 islands. This archipelago has an amazing tropical vegetation and beautiful beaches rarely visited. The few fishing villages are worth a visit. Not only for the sympathy and hospitality of the inhabitants, but also to discover their way of life.