Plan a trip to Madagascar

Places to see in Madagascar

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

• 

  AmbohimangaUNESCO

  Town · Analamanga

  Ambohimanga is a hill and traditional fortified royal settlement (rova) in Madagascar, located approximately 24 kilometers (15 mi) northeast of the capital city of Antananarivo. It is situated in the commune of Ambohimanga Rova.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Olivier Lejade (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

• 

  Masoala National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national de Masoala

  Park & nature · Sava

  Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar, is the largest of the island's protected areas. Most of the park is situated in Sava Region and a part in Ambatosoa. Created in 1997, the park protects 2,300 square kilometres of rainforest and 100 square kilometres of marine park.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Cactus0625 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Ankarafantsika National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national d'Ankarafantsika

  Park & nature · Boeny

  Ankarafantsika National Park is a national park near Andranofasika in the Boeny Region of Madagascar. The closest city is Majunga 115 kilometres (71 mi) north of the park. Ankarafantsika is mostly tropical in climate type. The Sakalava people are the predominant ethnic group living and farming here.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium (CC BY 2.0). Map

• 

  Marojejy National ParkUNESCO

  Parc National de Marojejy

  Park & nature · Sava Region

  Marojejy National Park is a national park in the Sava region of northeastern Madagascar. It covers 55,500 ha (214 sq mi) and is centered on the Marojejy Massif, a mountain chain that rises to an elevation of 2,132 m (6,995 ft).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Eric Mathieu (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Antananarivo

  City · Analamanga

  Antananarivo, also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra, is the capital of Analamanga region.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Sascha Grabow (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Toamasina

  City · Atsinanana

  Toamasina, meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hanspeter Limacher (CC BY 3.0). Map

• 

  Antsirabe

  City · Vakinankaratra

  Antsirabe, also known as Ville d'eau, is the third-largest city in Madagascar and the capital of the Vakinankaratra region, with a population of 265,018 in 2014.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Smiley.toerist (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• 

  Nosy Be

  Island · Diana Region

  Nosy Be is a volcanic island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist destination. It has an area of 320.02 km2 (123.56 sq mi), and its population was 109,465 according to the provisional results of the 2018 Census.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

• 

  Nosy Boraha

  Island · Analanjirofo

  Nosy Boraha, also known as Sainte-Marie, main town Ambodifotatra, is an island off the east coast of Madagascar. The island forms an administrative district within Analanjirofo Region, and covers an area of 222 km2. It has a population estimated at 30,000.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: M worm (Public domain). Map

• 

  Maromokotro

  Mountain · Diana Region

  Maromokotro or Maromokotra is a volcano in Madagascar. At 2,876 meters (9,436 ft), it is the highest peak on the island. It is located in the Tsaratanana Massif inside the Tsaratanana Reserve in Diana Region in the northern part of the island.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Yann Mayette (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• 

  Avenue of the Baobabs

  Allée des Baobabs

  Park & nature · Menabe

  The Avenue of the Baobabs, or Alley of the Baobabs, is a prominent group of Grandidier's baobabs lining the unpaved Road No.8 between Morondava and Belon'i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region of western Madagascar.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hiroki Ogawa (CC BY 3.0). Map

• 

  Rova of Antananarivo

  Heritage site · Analamanga

  The Rova of Antananarivo is a royal palace complex (rova) in Madagascar that was the home of the sovereigns of the Kingdom of Imerina in the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as of the rulers of the Kingdom of Madagascar in the 19th century.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Dalbergiaada (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map