Full-day jungle trek on Nosy Komba (Lemur island) with the Black Lemur Sanctuary
Overview
It's not a simple walk on a paved nature trail, so for prepared travellers only.
After reaching the island peak, in the second half of the trek we meet more and more lemurs, who are very friendly in winter, even jumping on us gently and accepting bananas from our hands, to eat sitting on our shoulders or heads. It's a real jungle adventure!
You'll encounter real jungle villages with friendly indigenous people and such flora and fauna that you have only seen in nature films.
During the tour you can taste things like the fresh cocoa fruit (the flesh of cocoa), the sweetness of raw sugar cane, jackfruit or soursop, 8 kinds of mango in season and other special fruits that don't even have a name in English or French!
Try it and you will never forget nor regret it!
Inclusions
- Soda/Pop
- Snacks
- Lunch
- We provide our guests with a local SIM card and a telephone, including internet, which works everywhere. They can use this for the entire duration of their journey.
- Entry/Admission - Black Lemur Sanctuary
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Nosy Komba, Nosy Komba, Antsiranana Province
Nosy Komba is a volcanic island covered with dense jungle, 20 minutes boat ride from Nosy Be.
We land on the south-west side of the island, in Anjiabe village.
Face the jungle and start our 6 hours tour.
And the real fun starts here!
Within the first half hour you'll meet lots of special plants. Mangoes, cocoa, soursop, bread and jackfruit trees, pepper bushes, bananas, cola nuts, pineapples, wild chillies and lots of vanilla. And best of all, we will taste all of them!
Our destination is reaching the summit of Komba at 622 meters. In the dense sultry jungle it is not an average forest walk. But it's well worth it, because along we come across tiny jungle villages, where we meet the natives and see how they still live together with nature. You can only see this in Attenborough films!
Reaching the top the clearing has a fantastic view of the surrounding archipelago. Here we rest, enjoy refreshments, fruits and raw sugar cane to re-energise for the 2 hour descent on the other side.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Black Lemur Sanctuary, Ampangorinana, Nosy Komba Madagascar
Our mountain hike on the north-eastern side of Nosy Komba ends at the Black Lemur Sanctuary, at the edge of Ampangorina village.
As we approach the Lemur Sanctuary, we will encounter more and more amusing lemurs in the last hour and a half of our trek, in the company of numerous chameleons, geckos, giant tortoises, snakes and many more.
In winter time the Lemurs are extremely friendly but never aggressive. They jump on us gently and eat bananas out of our hands, but they never steal or bite.
We will walk through the park, admire the wildlife then through the jungle walkway to the village to see and buy artwork by local artists. Ebony, rosewood, mangrove sculptures, folk art tablecloths, clothes, paintings...
Arriving in Ampangorina village, you can choose to taste our partner's fantastic food in a real, traditional Malagasy restaurant in the centre of the village, or you can choose to eat at our local partner's exclusive restaurant on the cliffs with a fabulous view of the ocean.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Bellissima escursione a Nosy Comba con Mora Mora. Lemuri, camaleonti e di più. Organizazzione perfetta. La consiglio senz'altro.We had a great time on the jungle trek, and the flexibility and accommodation made for our group was perfect. The hike was very steep, and it had just rained, and we had some of our crew with injuries, so our guide completely rerouted the tour to something that we could do. We needed up not makin...
We had a great time on the jungle trek, and the flexibility and accommodation made for our group was perfect. The hike was very steep, and it had just rained, and we had some of our crew with injuries, so our guide completely rerouted the tour to something that we could do. We needed up not making it to the top of Nosy Komba, but we didn’t care - we hiked in the morning through a wildlife park (getting to feed and play with the lemurs, which was a highlight!), had a fantastic lunch at a restaurant in the fishing village on Nosy Komba (and for you vegetarians, they have great veggies, pasta, and fries in addition to their specialty of seafood), and then snorkeled and swam off a tiny island in the afternoon. Turned out to be great day. We’re active people, but the full hike is pretty tough with the inclines and declines, but if you’re worried about making it, know there are options if it gets too hard. The guides from Fossa travel were great folks, fun and helpful and enjoyed being with them for the day. Everything was included - food, drinks, transportation - and made it easy to just go and do whatWe chose the jungle trek on the island of Nosy Komba with Ahmed, an experienced guide from Fossa travel. He showed us the local tribes living in small villages. On this fascinating and unspoilt island there are no car roads, we covered every metre on foot, a real and unforgettable achievement tou...
We chose the jungle trek on the island of Nosy Komba with Ahmed, an experienced guide from Fossa travel. He showed us the local tribes living in small villages. On this fascinating and unspoilt island there are no car roads, we covered every metre on foot, a real and unforgettable achievement tour. Ahmed introduced us to the fauna and flora of the island, we hand fed the lemurs, met chameleons, snakes, zebu, and then had a fantastic well deserved Malagasy lunch. Thank you Fossa travel for this special experience of a lifetime. LindaNoi abbiamo scelto di fare questa piu altre escursione con i beach boys di Franco, ci siamo trovati molto bene! Ragazzi gentili, premurosi che ci hanno fatto da guida, abbiamo visto posti magnifici e mangiato squisitezze come Barracuda ed Aragosta insieme a loro! Esperienza davvero magnifica, la ...
Noi abbiamo scelto di fare questa piu altre escursione con i beach boys di Franco, ci siamo trovati molto bene! Ragazzi gentili, premurosi che ci hanno fatto da guida, abbiamo visto posti magnifici e mangiato squisitezze come Barracuda ed Aragosta insieme a loro! Esperienza davvero magnifica, la consiglio e soprattutto consiglio Franco Num di telefono 00261325095832 e pagina Facebook Franco mamy nosy be ToursAbbiamo fatto 2 escursioni a nosy be tutte e due con Cosimo sono state entrambe spettacolari e organizzate bene a metà prezzo del villaggio....COSIMO NUMERO 1 TELEFONO+261326834419
Abbiamo fatto 2 escursioni a nosy be tutte e due con Cosimo sono state entrambe spettacolari e organizzate bene a metà prezzo del villaggio....COSIMO NUMERO 1 TELEFONO+26132683441912 éves vagyok, és végigmentem a hat órás dzsungeltúrán. Az elején különös volt a sok kisebb falu amik akár egy-egy házból is állhattak. És még mindig nem ez volt a legérdekesebb amit lehetett látni hanem, az hogy valahol nagy dzsungel volt máshol (egy-két helyen, kisebb részeken) pár fa és vörös...
12 éves vagyok, és végigmentem a hat órás dzsungeltúrán. Az elején különös volt a sok kisebb falu amik akár egy-egy házból is állhattak. És még mindig nem ez volt a legérdekesebb amit lehetett látni hanem, az hogy valahol nagy dzsungel volt máshol (egy-két helyen, kisebb részeken) pár fa és vörös homok. Említsünk pár szót a növényekről; láttuk ahogy kakaóbabot és banánt is szettek, amit meg is lehetett kóstolni, de csilit, ananászt és jackfruitot is találtunk. Ahmed bácsi mindent megmutatott. A hegy tetejére eléggé elfáradtunk és ezért vágtunk cukornádat és elrágcsáltuk. Mikor lementünk már a hegyről makikkal is találkoztunk akik a fejünkre másztak. Útközben kaméleonokat is láttunk. Ez volt a legfárasztóbb túrám, de nagyon megérte, ilyet eddig csak tv-ben láttam.