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Arboretum: one of Madagascar's best kept secrets?
CatherineReichardt Says: We ended up visiting the Arboretum outside Tulear because we had time to kill and didn't particularly want to visit the Shell Market. What a fortuitous discovery, as this was one of the highlights of our trip to Madagascar, and this sort of happy accident (I think that the...
"Madame, your chariot awaits ..."
CatherineReichardt Says: Other than the main road from Isalo, it appears that the roads around Tulear are pretty awful. As a result, it is often easier to get to the neighbouring coastal towns by boat rather than road.We caught a boat to Anakao from Tulear harbour. From a distance there appeared to...
CatherineReichardt Says: To be frank, we found Tulear (Toliara) to be a little short on major tourist attractions (except the utterly brilliant Arboretum outside town, which we think is worth visiting the town for all by itself), but the other major highlight was visiting the coelacanths at the...
visiting local village and mangroves near Tulear
tidri Says: A great tip for everyone is this organisation: www.honko.org . A belgian guy and a south-african girl are working there together with the community to give tourists the best they can offer. You can go on two different tours: a village tour, where a local guide brings you...
Arboretum restaurant: The best meal I had in Madagascar!
CatherineReichardt Says: I unexpectedly encountered my best meal in Madagascar in the arboretum outside Tulear.The restaurant provides welcome respite from the blazing sun and heat, and offers a small menu - if the other options are anywhere near as good as what we had, then you wouldn't need any...
Reasons to avoid the local rum
CatherineReichardt Says: We spotted this facility just off the main road to Tulear, but couldn't quite work out what it might be. "Fuel storage?" No. "Asphalt for road maintenance perhaps?" No. A rum distillery!Clearly the locals have developed a taste for rum with that extra special hydrocarbon...
Plan a Toliara vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Toliara locals
A great tip for everyone is this organisation: www.honko.org . A belgian guy and a south-african girl are working there together with the community to give...
Q: Hi, Does anyone know a cheap way to get to Madagascar from anywhere in Europe? Thanks, Despina
A: It's never cheap. For example Air France flies into Antananarivo for about 1200 euro return flight (from Amsterdam). Air France is the main company to fly there. I...
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There's more to Tulear than meets the eye
Let's face it, Toliara (more commonly known by its colonial name of Tulear) is not a first division tourist destination, and we only ended up there because we had made the road trip from the stunning...
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Busy town on the south west coast of Madagascar. View my Madagascar page for more pictures.
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I've got some interesting experiences in Toliara. I'd love to share with you the 0 tips I've written, the 8 photos uploaded, and 1 travelogue I've created.
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