Northern Madagascar
Karibu Lodge
Located in the residential area of La Corniche in the city of Mahajunga, this colourful and charming hotel offers wonderful views of the sea and is ideally positioned to watch sun sets in the evening. Accommodation is in comfortable air-conditioned rooms with private bathroom, terrace, satellite TV, minibar and free Wi-Fi. There is a restaurant with large open sided terrace serving plenty of fresh local seafood and a good range of other Malagasy and international dishes. There is also a small swimming pool and the hotel can arrange offsite excursions, plus a laundry service and exchange currency.
Facilities
Restaurant with local and European dishes, swimming pool, and gift shops. Rooms feature private bathrooms, air-conditioning, minibars, safe, Samsung satellite flatscreen TV, telephone and free Wi-Fi.
Local Wildlife
The nearby Betsiboka Estuary offers excellent birdwatching with the rare Bernier's Teal, and Madagascar sacred ibis the local specialities. Across the Estuary is the Katsepe Lighthouse and forest where the rare crowned sifaka can be easily found along with habituated mongoose lemurs and rufous-brown lemurs.
Optional Activities
The lodge can also arrange offsite excursions such as boat trips for fishing or whale watching as well as quad bikes and visits to the nearby Ankarafantsika National Park.
Claire Pote
Area Specialist
Make sure to watch the brilliant sunsets over the Mozambique Channel from the hotel in the evenings.
If you have any questions regarding our Madagascar tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Having recently returned from a truly memorable 3 weeks in Madagascar we wanted to express our sincerest thanks to you Helen, and all at Reef and Rainforest for arranging such a superb wildlife viewing experience.
As you are aware, we were particularly keen to see and photograph the fosa. At Kirindy forest we actually encountered 3. Despite the rather challenging accommodation we would highly recommend the Kirindy experience to all those wanting an exceptional primate viewing experience.
Overall our lemur species/subspecies count was 22 and other notable sightings included 2 species of mongoose, giant jumping rats, a huge Madagascar ground boa, humpback whales and the Madagascar fish eagle.
Every detail of the trip from start to finish was superbly well arranged and managed, which cannot be easy in a country with such complex problems. Well done Helen.
All aspects of the trip were outstanding. Wildlife, people, culture and geography. We will certainly return again to visit the north of the island and return to paradise, Anjajavy.
This was our second trip with Reef and Rainforest and I cannot speak highly enough of your company. I would recommend your services to any natural world/wildlife enthusiast. Thank you again.
