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disadvantage, apart from the inferior service, is that you must pay in full within a week of
booking the ticket.
From the UK, Kenya Airways ( www.kenya-airways.com ; see ad after page 408) is not
only the cheapest option (for travellers not wishing to take advantage of the half-price do-
mestic Air Mad flights) but also has the most generous baggage allowance. Currently there
are flights between Nairobi and Antananarivo on Thursday and Saturday, and connecting
flights between Nairobi and London daily.
Corsairfly ( www.corsairfly.com ) connects Paris with Antananarivo four times a week
and is usually cheaper than Air France, but they don't operate any connecting flights to the
UK.
From other Indian Ocean islands You can fly with Air Madagascar from Mauritius,
Réunion, and the Comoro Islands. Air Austral ( www.air-austral.com ) connects Mada-
gascar with Mayotte and Réunion. Air Mauritius ( www.airmauritius.com ) also flies to
Antananarivo from Mauritius.
From Africa Air Madagascar flies twice a week to/from Johannesburg and once a week
to/from Nairobi. Kenya Airways also connects to Nairobi (see above).
From the USA Madagascar is about as far from California as it is possible to be. Under-
standably, therefore, fares from the USA are expensive. Air France is probably the best
carrier,orviaUnitedorDeltatoParistoconnectwithanAirMadagascarflight.FromCali-
fornia you can travel west via Bangkok (from where there are Air Madagascar flights).
From Australia Air Madagascar has an office in the same building as the Sydney consu-
late. Flights are usually routed via Hong Kong or Bangkok. Alternatively you can go from
MelbourneorPerthtoMauritiustoconnectwithanAirMadagascarflighttoAntananarivo,
or fly from Perth via Johannesburg.
BY SEA
From other Indian Ocean islands Passenger ferries run fortnightly between Réunion/
Mauritius and Toamasina in Madagascar, but the price is no cheaper than flying. See
www.croisiere-madagascar.com for details or contact Mauritius Shipping direct ( e pas-
sagers@scoam.fr ; www.mauritiusshipping.intnet.mu ).
From South Africa There are no passenger boats crossing the Mozambique Channel to
Madagascar, but many people sail their own yachts from Durban.
Yacht clubs
Royal Natal Yacht Club PO Box 2946, Durban 4000; 031 301 5425; f 031 307 2590
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