Bush and Beach Safaris in Madagascar
When planning a combination of safari and beach work on at least one week in the bush and one week at the beach. In general we suggest staying within one or two national parks on the safari section. This maximises time on activities instead of costly transfers.
Kenya and Tanzania's coastal areas are relatively easy to reach as are South Africa's, a maximum 2hr air transfer in most cases. The finest beaches are in Mozambique, the Seychelles and Mauritius. To reach these prime beaches involves international flights and around a day's worth of transferring time which needs to be calculated into the schedule.
A top of the range combination is Botswana with the Bazaruto Archipelago although Zambia also works well with the coastal islands of Tanzania (Mafia, Zanzibar or Pemba) as there is a good air link betwen the two countries.
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Our Recommended Bush and Beach Safaris in Madagascar
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We've described more "mainstream" bush and beach safaris however there is one country in the world that could claim to have the most unique bush and beach safari and that is Gabon!
Here you find Loango National Park with its extraordinary mammals - surfing hippos, dune grazing buffalo and forest elephant that amble along the long, white beaches.
And finally ... consider an inland lake which has perfect white beaches, the largest collection of fresh water cyclids (fish) in the world, kayaking, catamaran sailing and all the other trappings of a water resort to combine with a safari and read more about at Lake Malawi.
The trees grow right to the edge of the beach and the main forest is home to lowland gorilla and many other primates. Even more special are the red forest hogs and numerous plant species unique to the area.
