About Travel to Madagascar

Why this portal exists

Madagascar is one of the hardest countries in the world to plan well. Distances are long, roads are slow, domestic flights connect only a handful of cities, and much of the information online is either out of date or written by people who have never been. The result is that most first-time visitors either overpay for a package or under-plan and lose days to logistics.

This portal exists to close that gap. Every guide is built around what a traveller actually needs at the moment of decision: which region, which season, which operator, which route is realistic in the time you have.

What we cover

1. Destinations — region-by-region guides: Nosy Be, Diego Suarez, Isalo, Andasibe-Mantadia, the Avenue of the Baobabs and Sainte-Marie.
2. Operators & booking — how to compare local operators, agencies and driver-guides, and where to stay by region and budget.
3. Wildlife & adventure — lemurs, chameleons, national parks, trekking and diving.
4. Culture & food — the history, the fady system and the cuisine that make the country what it is.

How we source

Every factual claim is traceable. Where we state a figure, a designation, a conservation status or a seasonal pattern, we name the body that stands behind it and link to the original.

We work with the organisations that hold the primary record — IUCN Red List for species threat status, UNESCO World Heritage Centre for designated sites, KNMI for seasonal climate data, and Madagascar's national park authority for permits and protected areas.

Three rules follow, and we will not bend them for commercial reasons:

• No unsourced figures. If we cannot attribute a number to a body, we do not publish it.
• No source laundering. A booking site repeating a statistic is not a source; we go to the body that published the original.
• No AI-generated filler. Automation assists research and fact-checking. It does not write the guides.

Editorial policy

• Independence: no operator, hotel, lodge or advertiser influences our recommendations or rankings.
• Disclosure: commercial placements and paid listings are labelled as such. Affiliate links are disclosed wherever they appear.
• Inclusions are honestly earned: operators and hotels are compared on cost, licensing, insurance, vehicle standards and safety record — not on who pays.
• Accuracy: prices, permits and travel details are dated and reviewed at least annually.
• Corrections: verified errors are corrected quickly and noted on the page where material.

Affiliate & advertising disclosure

Some links to operators, accommodation and travel services are affiliate links: if you book through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This funds the site and keeps the guides free to read. Sponsored articles and partner placements are always labelled at the top of the page.

Privacy at a glance

• We collect only the information you send us through our forms — name, email, travel dates, budget and message — to answer your request.
• We do not sell personal data.
• We use Google Analytics with all storage consent denied by default, so no analytics cookies or advertising identifiers are set unless you actively opt in.
• You can request deletion of your data at any time through our contact form.

What we collect, and why

1. Information you send us

When you use the trip planning or contact form we receive the details you enter. Submissions are stored by Netlify, the company that hosts this site, and are used solely to answer you. We keep them only as long as needed to handle your request.

2. Analytics

We use Google Analytics (measurement ID G-G60JZDX43Y) to see which guides are useful and where our pages need work. It is configured in Google Consent Mode with all storage consent set to denied by default.

Unless you actively opt in, no analytics cookies are set and no visitor-level identifier is written to storage. Analytics will still count your visit as a cookieless, aggregated pageview that cannot be linked to you or any previous visit.

Cookies

This site sets no advertising, tracking or social-media cookies of its own. Because analytics consent is denied by default, Google Analytics does not set its _ga cookies unless you opt in. The only cookie otherwise in use is the one used by Netlify's spam filter on our forms.

Who publishes this

Travel to Madagascar is published by Automated Design, an organic-search and GEO consultancy led from Antananarivo, Madagascar, specialising in hospitality and tourism. The portal is conceived and edited by Heriniaina Olivà Razafimanantsoa, an SEO consultant and GEO expert based in Antananarivo with long experience documenting Madagascar's destinations.

Work with us

We collaborate with tour operators, hotels, eco-lodges, tourism boards and travel brands on content that genuinely helps travellers. See guest posts & advertising for formats and how to enquire.