AWESOME MADAGASCAR TOURS is a local Malagasy tour company founded by husband and wife team, Diary and Mihaja, who are devoted to offering amazing adventures to passionate travelers.
It is Diary and Mihaja’s belief that organizing tours is a mixture of Art and inspiration.
Diary Andrinampoina decided to become involved in the travel industry in 2003, starting out as a National Tour Guide in Madagascar. He is now a Tour Leader, not only in Madagascar but in some parts of Africa as well as in the Indian Ocean countries.
Mihaja Rasendrason manages Awesome Madagascar Tours accounting department and she is the cornerstone of our administration and logistics.
Bim Andrianariseheno was born with music, culture and travel in his blood. His personable and humourous style of tour guiding along with his good grasp of history and biodiversity has made him one of the key tour guides in Awesome Madagascar Tours.
Alain Rakotonoely is a very mutli-talented and inspirational person.He has been acting as tour leader and naturalist guide. He is a mentor of Malagasy young naturalist students and guides.
Lova Rakotoseheno speaks very good French and is also the mastermind behind our French-speaking clientele. Lova’s caring attitude make him any trip to Madagascar a very special one.
Dr. Herman is a native Malagasy Primatologist and Bio-statician gratuated from the State University of Antananarivo specializing in ecological parasite.
Manoro Rakotomanantsoa (nicknamed Manou) has been guiding individual and group of Russian tourists throughout Madagascar for five years. Thanks to her professional background and succesful experience in tour operating and hotel management, Manou is now the backbone of Awesome Madagascar Tours Russian department success.
Offering a large variety of tour which reveals the unique biodiversity of all Madagascars’National Parks and Reserves: wildlife, natural history, ornithology, botany, primatology, and herpetology.
Organizing tours based on specific needs such as: conferences, traditional music of Madagascar, healthcare tours, etc.)
Providing “Personal touch tours” based on local interaction (staying with the locals, sharing meals with them, experiencing the genuine local realities)
Arranging tours for students, researchers and business people based on their particular interests.
In 2017 I had the pleasure of placing myself in the hands of Diary as I embarked on my first visit to Madagascar. I’m Grady Brand a keen plant loving person from Western Australia having worked for many years in the Western Australian Botanic Garden – Kings Park as the Senior Horticultural Curator, with a keen desire to absorb the natural world. So where better to spend my time on holidays than in one of the most biodiverse rick places on earth – Madagascar. I found Diary understanding of the cultural and natural richness of his country to be extraordinary and his willingness to incorporate other specialist guides during our journey made for an experience which was unforgettable. Diary empathy and love for his people, their education, his country, its protection and future is nothing short of inspirational. A special person and guide!
Renewal of the collaboration for the third phase of the PIC with Madagascar National Parks. Madagascar welcomed 259,850 international tourists in 2023, or +97% compared to the previous year. And a good number of these visitors came to discover the green treasures of the Big Island. We also note that the number of entries into…
Tuesday September 6, 2022, a tourist guide in Bemahara National Park was seriously injured following a dahalo attack. The man, hit in the spine, is paralyzed. Professionals are worried about the explosion of insecurity at a time when the government wants to relaunch long-haul flights. A tourist guide was seriously injured during an attack dahaloat…
Tourists who stay up to 15 days in Madagascar will pay less for their visa. In order to stimulate the recovery of tourism on the island, Madagascar yesterday unveiled good news for travelers’ wallets. The Ministry of Tourism announced on September 19 on its Facebook page that Tourists who visit Madagascar for 15 days or…
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of MEGA. A national workshop organized by English speaking tour guides awaits you. See you soon!
