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Practical Guide of Antananarivo
Visa extension | Guided tours (tour operators)
Best place for changing money (and with the best rates) is doubtless the airport. Travellers cheques in major currencies will be changed readily.
Socimad
(Ivato Airport)
Opened 24 hours a day every single day
Phone: 032 07 365 95
If you cannot manage to change your money here there are a couple further options more in Tana. Banks normally open only on weekdays. The ATM at the Carlton is opened 24 hours. Other ATMs are located at the BMOI (Place de l´Independance) and at the BNI-CL (branch office at Araben´ny 26 Jona 1960). If you need to change cash and travellers cheques go to Socimad Bureau de Change (Lalana Radama I), Bank of Africa (Place de L´Independance), at the BMOI (see above) or at UCB (Lalala des 77 Parlementaires Francais).
Cars with a covered over windscreen are the entrance to the black market. Keep your hands from making any deals there!
Banks (main offices)
BNI -
Crédit Agricole
Rue de 26 juil 1960, 74
Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays from 9 to 12a.m.
Visa and Mastercard accepted
Phone: 22 228 00
Website: http://www.bni.mg
Socimad
Rue Radama 1st, 14
Visa and traveller cheques accepted
Phone: 22 643 00 / 032 07 15 227
BFV
-Société Générale
Avenue de l´Indépendance 33
Monday to Friday from 8 a.m to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Visa accepted, Western Union
Phone: 22 276 77
Website: www.bfvsg.mg
BOA
(Banque of Africa)
Place de l´Indépendance 2
Visa accepted, Western Union
Phone: 22 391 00
Website: http://www.boa.mg/
BMOI-BNP
Paribas
Place de l´Indépendance
Visa Accepted
Phone: 22 346 09
Website: http://bmoi.mg
There are public phones for domestic
and international calls placed at almost all post offices. The main
post office is located at the Lalana Andrianary and is opened from 8 am
to noon and from 2 pm to 6 pm. Both Tana's main post offices have good
Internet centres.
Several cyber cafes are scattered through the city. Following can be
mentioned:
Outcool Web
(Lalana Andrianary Ratianarivo) - $1,4 per hour, and has a fast
connection.
Teknet Cybercafe
(Avenue General Ramantsoa Ambatonilika) cost $1,2 per hour.
Planete Cybercafe (30, rue Emile Ranarivelo – Behoririka) in
the
Chinese borough between the restaurant and the shop Decorama) opens
from Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 19 pm.
Cybercafé
de l'Ouest (III G 55 Ouest Ambohijanahary)
CyberPlus
(Lot IVG 1 bis Behoririka)
Free Net
(Lot IVE 32bis Behoririka)
Multi Electronics Espace Web (70 m from Ampasapito U-turn on the road
to Institut Pasteur) opens also on Sunday morning
Many of the hotels cited above do provide also non guests an internet
connexion, which is reputedly far better, safer and more expensive than
cybercafés.
Ordinary mail sending can become a nerving thing. Following
international companies are likely to offer a more reliable mail
delivery service:
UPS (3 rue Mahafaka, Tsaralalana, Antananarivo)
DHL (Lott II, J 181 F Bis Ivandry)
Local media and English-speaking magazines are best purchased
in the stalls all around the Place de L ´Independance.
Recommended bookshops are:
Palais Loisirs
(Lalana Andrianary Ratianarivo) with English speaking books and travel
books including maps of Madagascar.
La librairie mixte (Avenue de l`Indépendance 37, a good selection of books and maps of Madagascar (most of them in Frech), postcards and international press.
National
Tourism Office of Madagascar
(ONTM): there is a well equipped centre with plenty of brochures where
you get all kind of information and two smaller offices at
Ivato
Airport and inside the main station.
Lot IBG 29c Antsahavola
Phone: 22 66 115
Website: http://madagascar-tourisme.com
Email: ontm@moov.mg
Regional
Tourism Office (ORTANA): here you get information about
every kind of activities in Tana and in the area around it.
Escalier Ranavalona, Bâtiment Ifanomezantsoa (Antaninarenina)
Phone: 24 304 84 / 22 270 51
Website: http://www.tourisme-antananarivo.com/home.php
Email: ortana2006@yahoo.fr
Madagascar
Natioanl Parks
(former Angap): their office is located in the northeast part of the
city. A brand new information centre and gift shop has been opened on
June
2010. It is located on the Gare de Soarano (the main train station)
next to the Place de L'Independence.
Immeuble Madagascar National Parks
Ambatobe - BP 1424, 101 Antananarivo
Phone: +261 (20) 22 415 38 / 418 83
Email: contact@madagascar.national.parks.mg
National
Environment Office:
an ideal place to know more about nature in Madagascar, from flora and
fauna to actual problems. They do have lots of information.
BP 822 Opposite to Hotel du Louvre (Antaninarina)
Phone: 22 259 99
Website:http://www.pnae.mg/
Email: one@pnae.mg
If you need medical assistance you can check followings private clinics
(equipped with X-ray and laboratory):
Clinique des
Soeurs Franciscaines (Lalana Dokotera Rajaonah,
Ankadifotsy)
Espace Medical
(Bis Lalana Pasteur Rabary)
Institut Pasteur
(Ambatofotsikely Avaradoha)
The best equipped and most eficient hospital is the Hopital Militaire, also called Hopital de Soavinandriana, on the Rue Moss Soavinandriana (phone: 22 39 751)
There are several pharmacies in the capital. Probably Pharmacie
Metropole (near the Hotel Colbert, Lalna Ratsimilaho) and
Homéopathie Pharmacie (Route des Hydrocarbures, Alarobia)
are
the best ones.
In case of an emergency call 032 07 801 10 or 22 487 47
For ambulance call: 22 200 40
In case of fire dial 18
The phone number of the main police station is 22 227 35 / 22 357 09
Visa can be obtained in Madagascar. If you want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to extend it following information is needed to be provided:
* Full name
* Passport number
* Date and place of issue
* Expiration Date
* Nationality
* Exact itinerary
* 2 passport photos (upon arrival)
This visa is extendable at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ministere
des Affaires Etrangeres
B.P. 836 - Anosy
Antananarivo 101
Phone +261 20 22 211 98
Fax +261 20 22 344 84
e-mail: contact@madagascar-diplomatie.net
Web: www.madagascar-diplomatie.net
Local tour operators based in Tana in alphabetical order:
|
Aventour Madagascar |
|
Remote
River Expeditions - Madagascar (based in Morondava) Phone: 95 523 47 / 032 47 32 670 Email: info@remoterivers.com |
Asisten Travel
Phone: +261 20 22 577 55
Mail: info@asisten-travel.com
Web: http://www.asisten-travel.com
Authentic Madagascar Tours
Phone: +261 20 24 241 32 /
+261 33 11 343 20
E-mail: info@authentic-madagascar-tours.com
Web: www.authentic-madagascar-tours.com
Phone: + 261 20 22 530 70
Fax: + 261 20 22 530 69
Email: contact@boogiepilgrim-madagascar.com
Web: www.boogiepilgrim-madagascar.com
Cactus Tours Madagascar
Phone: +261-202-201-825
/
+261-324-049-346
Email: info@cactus-madagascar.com
Web: www.cactus-madagascar.com
Cortez Expeditions
Phone: + (261) 20 22 219 74
Fax: + (261) 20 22 213 40
Web: www.expedition-voyage.com
Dilann Tours
Phone:
034 04 074 98
Email:
dilanntours.madagascar@gmail.com
Web: www.dilanntours-madagascar.com
Dodo
Travel & Tours
Tana
WarterFront, Ambodivona
Phone: + (261) 20 22 690 36
Fax: + (261) 20 22 257 05
Email : info@dodotravel.com
Web: www.dodotravel.com
Espace Mada
Phone: + (261) 20 22 262 97
Fax: +(261) 20 22 272 96
Email :
espmada@moov.mg
Web:
www.madagascar-circuits.com
Europe Voyages
Mail: irma@moov.mg
madatravel@arcor.de
Web: http://www.madagascar-nature.com
Evasion
sans Frontiere
Phone:
+ (261) 20 616 69
Email:
esf@blueline.mg
Web: www.mada-evasion.com
Phone: + (261) 20 22 59 878
Mail: geckomad@malagasy.com
Web: http://www.receptif-madagascar.com/
Email: hff_trvl@moov.mg
Web: www.hff-madagascar.com
Holidays-Mada
Phone: + (261) 20 24 364 37
Email: resa@canaldespangalanes.com
Web: www.holidays-mada.com
Phone: + (261) 20 24 310 02
Web: http://www.ecotourisme-madagascar.com
Indigobe
LOT VII J161 Ambohijatovo, Ivandry 101 Antananarivo
Tel: + 261 20 26 010 07 / + 261 (0)32 41 324 98
e-mail: info@indigobe.com
Web: www.indigobe.com
Lakana Voyage
Phone: + 261 32 45 532 94
Email: agence@lakanavoyage.com
Web: www.lakanavoyage.com
Le Voyageur
Phone: +261-20
23 30928 / 23 28714
Email: voyageur@madagascar-tour-operator.com
Web: www.madagascar-tour-operator.com
Phone : + (261) 32 02 354 65
Web: www.guide-touristique-madagascar.com
Madaconnection
Phone: +261 20 24 248 02 / +261 (0)34 11 409 02
Web: http://www.madaconnection.com
http://www.madagascar-insolite.com
Mail: info@madaconnection.com
Mad Cameleon
Phone: +
(261) 20 22 630 86
Email: info@madcameleon.com
Web: http://www.madcameleon.com/
Phone:
261 20 22 351 65
Fax: + 261 20 22 351 67
Email: mda@mda.mg
Web: www.madagascar-discovery.com
Tél : (+261) 020 24 341 75 / (+261) 032 04 258 93
Web: www.madagascar-experience.com
Madagascar Green Tours
Phone: + (261) 32 04 36 427 / + (261) 33 04 35 117
Mail: info@madagascar-green-tours.com
Web: www.madagascar-green-tours.com
Madagascarica Voyages
Phone: 032 02 039 44 / 033 12 807 37
Email: madagascarica@madagascarica.com
Web: www.madagascarica.com
Phone:
(+261) 20 22 351 01 / (+261) 20 24 140 79 / (+261) 32 02 216 15
Fax: (+261) 20 22 354 50
Email: madamax@madamax.com
Web: www.madamax.com
Madavoile
Phone: + (261) 20 86 06 555
Email: info@madavoile.com
Web: www.madavoile.com
Phone :
+(261) 20 22 356 07
Email :
malagasytours@blueline.mg
Web : www.malagasy-tours.com/
Phone :
+ (261) 20 22 237 79
Email :
mercureto@sicam.mg
Web : www.mercure-voyages.com
Phone :
+ (261) 20 22 312 10
Email :
info@oceane-aventure.mg
Web : oceane-aventures.com
Phone: (00 261)32 02 017 91
Email: madaseaturtle@gmail.com
Web: www.madagascar-funtourguide.com
Ravinala Tour
Phone: +(261) 20 22 525 45
Web: http://www.ravinalatour.mg
Silverwings
Tél : 261 20 22 675 18/19
Fax : 261 20 22 201 79
Email: info@silverwings-madagascar.com
Web: www.silverwings-madagascar.com
Phone : 261 20 22 467 33 / 261 (0) 32 04 494 77
Fax : 261 20 22 467 30
Web: www.sun-and-sea.com
Email: tamana@freedsl.mg
Web: http://www.tamana-tours.com
Tanyah
Tours
Phone: + (261) 20 22 392 41
Email: contact@tanyah-tours.com
Web: http://www.tanyah-tours.com
Tany
Mena Tours
Phone:
+ (261) 20 22 326 27
Email:
tanymenatours@moov.mg
Web: www.tanymenatours.com/
Transcontinents
Email: transco@moov.mg
Web: www.transcontinents-madagascar.com
Universal Trading
Tourisme
Phone: (+261) 20 22 590 45 / 20 22 411 30
Fax:(+261) 20 22 411 30
Email: tourisme@universal-madagascar.com
Web: www.universal-madagascar.com
Visit Mada Tours
Tel: + 261 (0) 33 11 319 24
Email: visitmadatours@gmail.com
Web: www.madagascar-tour.com
Wild madagascar
Phone: + 261 20 23 300 03
Email: info@wildmadagascar.com
Web:www.wildmadagascar.com
Zatours
Phone: + 261 20 22 424 22
Fax: + 261 20 22 422 86
Email: zatour@iris.mg
Web: www.zatours-madagascar.com
