Logistics and organization
The guide Malagasy Tours shares with you his experience of the field and his knowledge of his native land to allow you to travel with a quiet mind, to discover the country as well as his wealth, without the slightest concern of organization, in complete serenity.
The equipment put at the disposal of the guide is high-quality, whether the 4×4 vehicles, tailored for the bush, that the equipment of camping. Inmarsat satellite phone are with them when traveling in remote areas.
Your guide is in permanent connection with the administrative team and the management in Antananarivo, which will not hesitate to put all the additional means and this very quickly, in case circumstances would require it. In Madagascar the distances are long, roads and tracks not always in good condition, hazards may occur. Your guide will compensate them, and in the office we will be there permanently, to assist him. .
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[one-half]Safety and accompaniment
This safety aspect is permanently in the mind of your guide. Whether he is behind the wheel of his vehicle, in hike or in cities. He has for priority to accompany you in sites where the sanitary and security risks are non-existent. Madagascar is not a dangerous country, but there are rules to be respected, as those not to drive at night, to be always watchful, to avoid certain districts of the capital at certain hours and, in hike, certain passages which can present dangerousness.
Your guide receives regularly first aid trainings provided by the Malagasy Red Cross.
No special instructions to travel in Madagascar, to go to meet the population and create the exchange. A smile, a common sense and a pleasant attitude, here as somewhere else, are enough to establish the confidence.
LOCAL REALITIES
Madagascar, country of Mora-Mora (slowly slowly) so pleasant when we have plenty of time and so annoying when we are in a hurry! Here is the local reality …
But we will make sure to have time, not running to be able to discover this country at a gentle pace to enjoy the places, people and moments.
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Roads are also a part of the local realities. Not always easy, even impossible for certain tracks, but there also, although our progress can be slow will be slow, we will arrive safe and with the smile.
The domestic flights can be also tidied up in the range of the “local realities”. The delays are not rare, the cancellations possible, mainly when an aircraft of the small fleet of the national company meets a technical problem. Even there, patience…
The train would be doubtless “The” most interesting local reality. Useless to tell you, we invite you to come to see by yourself, because even if he delays leaving and is lying about in stops, this train will be surely one of the most beautiful memories which you will bring from Madagascar.
MECHANICAL
TConstantly in a spirit of independence, responsiveness and flexibility, Malagasy Tours has its own vehicles and has an equipped garage in Tana, with experienced mechanics. It is on them that the guides count to carry out their mission successfully.
Regular maintenance, attentive and efficient is the key to the success of a trip.
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Our mechanics are completely involved in your journey!
Our fleet is in high season, sometimes insufficient; we are appealing to faithful partners to support us on our trips. Their vehicles are checked by our mechanics before departure.
A complete tool box is present in the 4 × 4. A “Tool box Long Journey” with spare parts is brought by drivers on long circuits, with many kilometers of trails in remote areas.
INSURANCES
MMalagasy Tours is covered by the ARO insurances, in civil and professional Liability for its customers and employees, and also for the vehicles, in which all the passengers are covered.
It is on your side essential to have signed an insurance covering the repatriation, but also the searches and the first aids.
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You should check with your insurer, bank cards do not always take care of first aid. You must bring your insurance number and telephone numbers of the insurer.
