Ambohidrabiby Travel Guide

  Stone tomb of Ralambo, 1st Ambohidrabiby...
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  • Stone tomb of Ralambo, 1st Ambohidrabiby King
      Stone tomb of Ralambo, 1st Ambohidrabiby...
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  • Zébu... a whole symbol !
      Zébu... a whole symbol !
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  • JUST LOVE IT!
      JUST LOVE IT!
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  • Just love to spot those sparse villages
      Just love to spot those sparse villages
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  • Sacred source
      Sacred source
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It's all but crowded...

It's all but crowded..., Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  Reviewing those pictures, one cannot but repeat it… It’s all but crowded!Must say that enjoying such feeling of freedom, serenity and solitude can really be the purpose of a daytrip to this area! Me, crazy ? Wish I could be… but talking with who use to commute to the Tana... 

Manendy Grotto & trail

Manendy Grotto & trail, Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  With those voafotsy tea trees, fragrant shrubs whose names I don’t know, ferns, pinewoods, eucalyptus, some wild fruit trees, one could guess it would have been a scenery of lush greenery if it wasn’t winter time. Some leaves were green but the grass was dry. That was in... 

Views...

Views..., Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  SerenityViewsFollowing the signs to the cave, I went out of the compound, skirting the moats.Here are some of views I had from there... Then, it already comforted my assumption that one got to really wander around in Ambohidrabiby, get out of the historical place that is the... 

Signs...

Signs..., Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  For a site this size, the Ambohidrabiby village is surprisingly well-indicated. Signs to lead you to main points of interest. I saw what to be seen within the compound when I noticed from this sign-pole there were still some other stuffs to see. Amongst them,... 

Symbols

Symbols, Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  Ambohidrabiby Rova (or rather, what remains of it), for it containing the tombs of ancient Kings, is a sacred place, full of symbols. The zebu head is a symbol seen in quite every sacred & historical place in Imerina area. Zebu used to be a prized animal here & used for... 

Manao ahoana, Tompoko!

Manao ahoana, Tompoko!, Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:   ... Once in a while, a debate uses to rise within our family circle. We noticed that the more a village had of descendants of ancient slaves, the less polite the village kids were. Is it due to the fact that their forebears used to be raised without any education at all &... 

Medieval city flair kept

Medieval city flair kept, Ambohidrabiby

 Norali Says:  General Tip 1: Medieval city flair kept... (amaryllis)My first daytrip to Ambohidrabiby was the first of a series of "hilltrips". The latter consist of walking, wandering in an area to climb hills. For those, I used to choose historical hills as ancient kingdoms used to have... 

Ambohidrabiby village

Ambohidrabiby village, Ambohidrabiby

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Red-white point stones

Red-white point stones, Ambohidrabiby

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 General Tip 1: Medieval city flair kept... (amaryllis)My first daytrip to Ambohidrabiby was the first of a series of "hilltrips". The latter consist of walking,... 

 

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