The Baobab Coast and its famous avenue.
Morondava is the coastal capital of Menabe, on the Mozambique Channel — and the gateway to the Avenue of the Baobabs, about twenty minutes along the track north of town. A Vezo fishing port, beaches lined with casuarina trees, low-rise houses: a laid-back seaside town from which the great adventures of the West radiate.
Sunset over the Avenue of the Baobabs — Madagascar’s most famous landscape —, the sacred baobab and the nearby Baobabs in Love, and the fishing district of Betania when the dugout canoes come home.
Morondava is the ideal base camp: to the north, the track leads to the Tsingy de Bemaraha; to the south, to Belo-sur-Mer and, on the loop, all the way to Tuléar.
Tour · Highlands & South & West
Tana- Morondava → Morondava → Discovering the Manambolo Gorges and walks in the Small Tsingy → Taking on the Great Tsingy → Bekopaka → Morondava → Belo sur Mer → Manja → Andavadaoka → Free day by the sea → Salary → Tuléar → Isalo National Park → Isalo → Ambalavao → Fianarantsoa → Ranomafana → Antsirabe → Antananarivo and return flight
The best time to discover Morondava: April → November.
Recommended time on site: 1 to 2 days.
Flight Tana → Morondava approx. 1 h, or RN34/RN35 by road in 2 days.
Be at the baobabs 1 hour before sunset (golden light). Go back at dawn: the Avenue is deserted and the light is stunning. Fill up on fuel and cash before heading out on the tracks.
