Madagascar - an amazing country! - Terry B.. Date of travel: Sep 2007
Went to Madagascar with my wife and kids for 2 weeks. Great destinations have got to include going east to Tamatave (coast). On the way you will get to Perinet where there is the most amazing reserve of lemurs. The beds are always wet there ... jungle humidity! Amazed to see that lemurs can actually be as big as a human ... think they were called the Indri Indri. Tamatave has a few nice restaurants and a lot of prostitutes ... quickly made escape to Foulepointe which is a little north of Tamatave, up the coast. It was a dream, chalet on the coast, white sands, fresh coconut and a pirogue to get out into the incredible sea. You have got to get "Hubert" to give you a lift in his pirogue ... he really took good care of our kids, important to me! You can ask the boatman for a snorkel so that you can go swimming with the fish ... also amazing! We didn't go with a tour company, just breathed deeply and took the plunge. There is definitely something to be said for a tour company, we may have wasted 3 days of our 14 trying to get information out there. There were 3 places that we visited that others might find useful: 1. The tourist board at the "Escalier" at Analakely in the heart of Tana was fantastic and has info about a lot of Madagascar 2. A restaurant at Analakely called "Glacier" has alot of info about destinations all over Madagascar. 3. The best info came from an unlikely place. There is an English family living in Madagascar. They are Derek and Fleur ... lovely couple with kids. Came across them accidently at a place called Lac (Lake) Itasy, near a town called Ampefy in the very centre of Madagascar. They run a local guest house and tours around the lake. They love having Brits there and seem to have an incredible knowledge of the island and culture. We got a Taxi Brousse to their place ("Le Lac Itasy Centre") from the capital of Antananarivo. Spent 3 days with them. Tours were cheaper than elsewhere. Service spot on. Bedrooms nice but simple. no mosquitoes, yet about 200m from lakeside! You can visit their website at lacitasy.topcities.com Madagascar ... great scenery, great wildlife, watch out for petty thieves, huge country, incredible variety. Our Madagascar holiday has the thumbs up from us. Could write a huge article about it ... but check out Derek and Fleur. They can give more information about Madagascar than I can.

Madagascar was absolutely gorgeous! - Mackenzie Oviatt. Date of travel: Jul 2007
You should for sure visit Kilamongi in Madagascar, it is a wonderful restaurant looking out over the ocean. You can see the wild monkeys, but beware my husband is in the hospital because they attacked us, but it's a good way to get rid of your husband!! :) This is not a joke! I hated the part of the wild forests that we visited because we got lost and a tiger almost killed my husband. I had a wonderful time, but don't ask my husband, Tanner. By the way, this was a wonderful honeymoon (we just eloped in Las vegas).

Madagascar - Jill Daley. Date of travel: Mar 2005
Madagascar was a real eye-opener and one of the most undeveloped countries I have ever been to. Very beautiful though, but very little infrastructure, and not many people to speak English to - definitely helps being able to speak some French. I ended up getting really ill (bad fish) and spent most of my holiday in a hot and stuffy room with severe dysentry before braving the local hospital - not something I would readily repeat! Also find out when cyclone season is and avoid that time because otherwise you will have to miss out on the stunning beaches in the north of the country. Absolutely loved the south though, and the time spent in Isiolo National Park with a wonderful guide was wonderful.