Around 80% of Madagascar's animals are found nowhere else on Earth, and our 153 properties puts you right in their midst. Prices typically run from USD 70 to USD 950 per person per night. Sitting off the north-west coast, Nosy Be makes a picturesque base and Time and Tide Tsara Komba hides eight thatched bungalows in the forest of a private island reached only by boat. Honeymooners head for slower Nosy Boraha off the east coast, whilst wildlife lovers position themselves around the lemur-filled rainforest of Ranomafana National Park. Near Andasibe, Mantadia Lodge sits on a hilltop where indri, the largest of the lemurs, call at dawn. Go west to the Avenue of the Baobabs, 30 minutes from the beach bungalows of Côte Ouest Palissandre, then join a night hike in Kirindy. Most itineraries pass through the capital, Antananarivo, which has a selection of lovely, characterful hotels.

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Namibrand, Namibia