Anjozorobe is a forest reserve three hour’ drive north of Antananarivo. There is now just one place to stay there, Saha Forest Camp, after Mananara Lodge closed down following a recent fire. The RN3 to Anjozorobe village (2½hrs, 90km) is a good surfaced road the whole way, with only occasional potholes. From the village to Saha Forest Camp is a further 9km (45min) on a difficult track that requires a 4x4. On the way, you may pause at Talata Volonondry (around PK 27), a village where the specialities of koba (rice ground up with peanuts and banana, rolled in a banana leaf and sliced) and pork/chicken sausage are sure to be brought to your vehicle by some of the many sellers. The next village of size is Ankadilalana (around PK 49), then Anjozorobe (at PK 90), which has a pharmacy, a BOA bank, and a reasonable hotel called Castel. Saha Forest Camp (sahaforestcamp.mg) has ten smart and spacious double tented bungalows nestled amongst the trees, each costing 175,000Ar per night. Electricity is available more or less continuously and the en-suite bathrooms have 24hr hot water. Note that there are lots of steep steps and it is a walk of almost ten minutes from the car park to the hotel. The food is very impressive: a creative menu of tasty and well-presented dishes, costing around 12,000Ar for starters and 17,000Ar for mains. An entry fee of 10,000Ar per person per visit applied, on top of which there is a charge of 10,000 to 25,000Ar per circuit. Circuits include forest walks to find indri and diademed sifakas, a community walk to nearby villages and a night walk on which mouse lemurs and chameleons are likely to be spotted.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:41:14 +0000
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