Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Diving (and other watersports)
Most dive centres are based at beach hotels (indicated in
brackets in the following list). Where contact details differ from the hotel they are given
here; otherwise refer to the
Where to stay
section above.
Atimoo Plongée
(Mora Mora) 94 937 01;
m
032 04 529 17;
e
club@atimoo.com
;
www.atimoo.com
.
PADI.
Club de Plongée
(Hôtel de la Plage) PADI.
Club Nautique
(Dunes) 94 428 85;
e
gino@moov.mg
Deep Sea Club
(Nautilus) CMAS.
Grand Bleu
(Vovotelo)
m
032 07 822 12;
f
94 414 19
Centre Nautique d'Ifaty
(Lakana Vezo) Also pirogue, catamaran & glass-bottom boat
trips; whale-watching & fishing.
Ifaty Plongée
(Ifaty Beach Club)
Fifi Diving
(Bamboo Club)
m
032 04 659 47;
e
fifidiving@moov.mg
MADIORANO
ThisvillageafewkilometresnorthofIfaty(38kmfromToliara)offersamorepeacefulset-
ting.
WHERE TO STAY
Mira
(12 rooms)
m
032 02 621 44;
e
lamira.
hotel@moov.mg
;
www.hotel-lamira.com
.
Spacious&verycomfortable. French/Malagasy ownership.Greatfreshfood.Fishing,boat
trips & quad hire. €€€€
Chez Bernard
(5 bungalows) Comfy bungalows near a quiet beach, but not far from
the road. Excellent food. €€€
NORTH TO MOROMBE AND MORONDAVA
A
camion-brousse
runs regularly along the coastal road to Manombo and then to Salary,
which is about halfway between Ifaty and Andavadoaka. It's four hours to Manombo and
another four to Salary with breathtaking views of the coastline and spiny forest. The on-
ward journey to Andavadoaka and Morombe is possible by pirogue or speedboat.
