Until the beginning of the 20th century, porterage was almost the only means of transport in Madagascar, both for goods and for people: Portage by pendulums for goods and by sedan chair or during the colonial period for people. Thus, for all people disembarking in Tamatave on these dates, the […]

Although essential to almost all Malagasy homes, rice is one of the most popular cereal foodstuffs in Madagascar. No day goes by without this famous grass in Malagasy. Arrived, according to the most probable hypotheses, with the first arrivals from Indonesia, rice quickly became the first necessity product of […]

Resident on the continent, travel lover, you are! Also curious. Want to know how the islanders live? Nothing better than a tailor-made trip to satisfy your curiosity. What if you embarked on a journey from island to island in the middle of the Indian Ocean? It is up to you to prepare the stay of your dreams. Do not have […]

On the west coast of Madagascar, the naval tradition is very important, due to the origin of the population but especially due to history. Among these stories, that of the Joachim family would be the most interesting of them. For those who have the eye, the boats on the West Coast are not all of the Indian type […]

Traveling to Madagascar means making a detour to Sainte-Marie. Land of escape par excellence, Sainte Marie is located northeast of the shores of Madagascar, at a distance of about ten kilometers. The island is part of the Analanjirofo region. The means of transport available to get there are the plane or the boat, the trip by car being […]

I am currently in a rather special project. That of listing the traditional architecture of Madagascar, which belongs to the precolonial period, when the Malagasy only built with living materials such as wood, leaves and earth. Indeed before the reign of Radama I, all the constructions of the island were essentially […]

The principles of green holidays Green holidays are – obviously – based on a principle of carbon neutrality to reduce its negative impact on the environment and preserve the planet. There are several principles that govern ecological holidays and these are not particularly binding. It is possible to adopt all these principles gradually to […]

The zebu (Bos taurus indicus) is a domestic bovid descended from an Indian subspecies of the aurochs. The word zebu comes from the Tibetan “zeba” meaning etymologically “hump”. Having previously had the status of a separate species (Bos indicus), the zebu is currently considered by the majority of authors as a subspecies of Bos taurus: […]

For those who have already traveled to Madagascar, one of the destinations that would be to undertake would be to do the famous western coastal track which connects Morondava, the capital of Menabe to Toliara, the city of the sun. All in all, this track is done in about 22 hours, but this without […]