Madagascar is one of the planet's largest islands and shelters an incredible variety of animal and plant species. In ancient times, it was joined to Africa, but after it broke away, evolution followed its own unusual path on this immense African island. That is why, on your trip to Madagascar you can see many creatures that live on the island and nowhere else in the world. These are known as endemic species.
You can travel to Madagascar all year round, but there are clearly more recommended times depending on what you want to do and the area you want to visit. In addition, between January and March there may be cyclones, especially on the east and north coasts.
Although you can visit all year round, the dry season is often considered the best.
Madagascar is a vast island off the African coast, separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel. Its rich natural world and distinctive landscapes, including its iconic baobabs, make it a place apart, home to species found nowhere else on Earth.
The ideal destination to connect with nature and discover flora and fauna unique on our planet.
Africa is a unique continent, full of character and diversity, making every trip unforgettable. Its contrasts are fascinating: you can explore the national parks of the Serengeti in Tanzania, experience mountain gorillas in Uganda, or discover the wildlife and plants of Madagascar, with its endemic species and unique landscapes.
On many occasions we travel to know new things and discover wonderful places, landscapes and sensations. But there's something else, without which travel would make no sense. Something that vividly reflects all the above, the true essence of the place: local population.
Over our many years of experience we have travelled the world, crossing paths with men, women and children from every corner of the globe. Sometimes they greeted us with smiles; at other times with wise, innocent or curious looks. In every case, their faces have remained etched in our memories and those of our travellers, becoming part of us and ensuring we never forget them.
In their honour, we have put together a collection of images of people we have met on our travel. They are the faces of the human diversity.
Yoga to relieve stress… before boarding at Orly and Roissy
This is how Le Parisien announced the latest service to ease the stress of waiting at Paris Orly and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports.
Classes are approximately 15 minutes and are offered in Roissy and Orly until August 18. An innovative and surprising way to relax passengers and also to improve the image of Paris airports.
Our connections to Air France flights, like our Discover Madagascar trip: Lemurs, Tsingy and Baobabs, have a new reason to get excited!
Join us on 26 January for an in-depth discussion of Madagascar. We will meet in the Turkish Airlines conference room on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia to talk with expert travellers and communicators who will give us a rich and varied view of this beautiful African destination. Come and find a place beneath this metaphorical baobab in the centre of Barcelona to hear the best stories from Madagascar.
Viajes Tuareg has initiated a whole series of actions to collaborate with several of the Travel bloggers most prestigious and well-known in Spain, working together to share aspects of our trips from each author’s unique perspective. Journalists from some of the most widely read media outlets have also described what travelling with us is like from their point of view.
As a result, reports and articles have appeared in the media, some of which we would like to share here. They cover trips to places such as South Africa, Thailand, Namibia, or Madagascar.
On 1 September 2016 there will be a annular eclipse in Madagascar, and we won’t miss it. Viajes Tuareg will be there, just as we travelled to the last eclipse in Indonesia and others before it. We like to be in the best place to witness the effects of celestial bodies coming into perfect alignment.
From eclipse in Indonesia we vividly remember a spectacular photograph by our contributor J. C. Casado and spread across half the internet and beyond.
The great trip to Madagascar organised by Viatges Tuareg with journalists, travel agents and bloggers has now ended, and the whole team has returned home. It is time to reflect on the journey and discover a few more details of what it brought us.
Now we have the perfect opportunity to get to know a little more Carla, the winning blogger of the competition we organized to travel to Madagascar (#MadagascarConTuareg ), and hear about her experience of spending two weeks travelling around the great African island.
We will chat with her about her adventures, without giving away anything she will soon be publishing on her blog.
Thank you all for your support. Now it’s really happening… off to Madagascar! #MadagascarConTuareg https://t.co/TnoIibh49L pic.twitter.com/wRgsS6bkNq
— La Maleta de Carla (@lamaletadecarla) 14 April 2016
It's time to finish the contest for travel to Madagascar organised by Viajes Tuareg jointly with Turkish Airlines. The moment of truth has arrived: one of our participants will need to start packing to fly to the Great Red Island in fifteen days. Before announcing the winner and bringing the competition to a close, let’s look back at the final stage on the road to Madagascar.
The date of departure is approaching to Madagascar And so we move on to the next stage of our competition. #MadagascarConTuareg and sadly we have to say goodbye to some of the finalists.
In the third challenge to choose the female blogger who would join the Madagascar expedition, we asked all the entrants to show just how essential travel is to them. This stage in the contest to select the winner was therefore called Travelling Passion. In many ways they have expressed this in their publications.
We continue with the competition #MadagascarConTuareg in which we will select an intrepid female blogger to go on an incredible trip to Madagascar with Viajes Tuareg and support of Turkish Airlines. After the first stage, the contestants explain on their blogs how the prospect of a trip to Africa’s largest island makes them feel. Their accounts are full of information about Madagascar, but above all they brim with emotion and unfulfilled curiosity. Their eagerness to discover the Great Red Island and enjoy unforgettable experiences there is clear.
It is time to announce the 10 finalists chosen by the jury of the competition #MadagascarConTuareg has selected. First, though, all the participants deserve credit for sharing animal images, the task in the first of our challenges. The competition hashtag on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram has suddenly filled with dogs, horses, lemurs, butterflies, flamingos, gorillas and all kinds of creatures.
Entries closed on Monday, 22 February. Since the competition was announced, more than 30 people, many of them travel bloggers, have signed up to take part. We thank them all for giving us their time and talent on social media.
We are travelling to Madagascar and looking for someone to share the day-to-day journey on social media. Would you like to be our travelling reporter?
We invite you to participate in #MadagascarConTuareg, a competition organised by Viajes Tuareg and Turkish Airlines in which the winner will travel to Africa's great Red Island for 13 days to discover the country's wonders first-hand and share their experiences.
Madagascar is a huge island separated from Africa by the Mozambique Channel. Its highlights include its wildlife and landscapes, the famous baobabs and an endless list of species found nowhere else. It is a dream destination for any traveller who loves nature and adventure.
The Madagascar trip the winner will enjoy lasts 13 days. On 29 April, we will fly with the airline Turkish Airlines from Barcelona to the capital Antananarivo.
The impossibility of covering Madagascar in a single trip leads us to focus on the following highlights of the destination:
Sunset, that special moment when day gives way to night. The beginning of the day’s end, when the sun casts almost horizontal light, the sky takes on extraordinary colours and the stars prepare to take the stage. With the moon’s permission, of course.
This is one of the moments photography lovers wait for to capture a great shot, or the perfect opportunity to share a beer and swap travel stories. In our many travel around the world You'll find the sunset that best suits you.. Here we have selected seven beautiful ones.
For those of us who are near Barcelona, remember that this Friday we have Madagascar as a starting point for our regular travel talks.
Don't miss it, Friday Feb 13 at 19:30 at our offices Viajes Tuareg with Sergi, our specialist guide in Madagascar.
We begin this year’s travel talks with a beautiful destination: Madagascar.
If you are thinking about your next holiday destination, the next Friday, 13 February our friend and collaborator in Madagascar, Indigo, will be at our offices in Viajes Tuareg to tell us details of the routes we operate.
Places are limited, so please confirm your attendance. Don't miss it!
Once again, our office becomes the place to find first-hand information from specialists in each destination. We started in January with Iceland and Madagascar.
ICELAND
María López is a pioneer in opening routes in Iceland since 1980. Few people know this island so thoroughly, with its abundance of volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers.
On 29 January, Maria will visit our offices to introduce the different routes for 2014 and answer your questions about this fascinating island.
Our routes:
Hiking in the South and the Vestmannaeyjar Islands. Group departures
I travelled from north to south and went trekking in the Highlands.
Land of contrasts. Hiking route.
To find out more, join us on Wednesday 29 January at 19:30 at our offices in Barcelona
MADAGASCAR
Sergi Fromentin, friend and collaborator for years in Madagascar, is visiting Barcelona for a few days and taking the opportunity to present the routes planned for 2014 and answer all your questions.
Would you like to know more about the great island continent?
See more information about our routes:
Down the Tsiribihina River, the Tsingy and the south.
Madagascar
Malagasy Adventure
Discover Madagascar
Don’t miss it: 30 January at 19:30, at our Barcelona offices.
Next Tuesday, 12 February at 19:30, there will be an open presentation and discussion for anyone interested in travelling to Madagascar, or simply find out more about this fascinating island on Africa.
With our dear friends Sergi, Sylvia and Jaume, stars of RTVE’s “Españoles por el Mundo” programme (Watch video), we will discover a different side of the island from the one offered by conventional trips.
Our route for this summer, accompanied by our "semi-native" guides, offers an exclusive itinerary: Experience Madagascar: down the Tsiribihina River, the Tsingy and the south. Discovering the distinctive flora and fauna of the western region, canoeing down the Tsiribihina River and meeting local people at the markets will give us a feel for the essence of Madagascar.
We look forward to seeing you at the office of Viajes Tuareg, Mariner Passatge 1 bis 08025 – BARCELONA.
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