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1800 km off-road on 4WD in the South of Madagascar
I once asked Madafan readers about making Madagascar a destination for extreme sports, not only have I found answers from my internet-wanderings and from the discussions I had with few of them, but one exciting experience is soon going to happen in the south region of Madagascar. In that previous article, I was mentioning the [...]
“Write for us” at madafan.com, free publicity for your Madagascar tourism activity while getting published on different networks, including www.lonelyplanet.com
Madafan always wanted to be a platform where anyone who travelled or lived in Madagascar can share their experience, their recommendations (as well as the “avoid it” places/activities) that Madafan readers ought to know, though setting-up a vibrant community of Madagascar-fans. We definitely aim to have everybody fom every corner of Madagascar write articles about [...]
BOMBS discovered in Madagascar
Madafan is about “discovering” Madagascar, and given the crisis we have now, you may think that there has actually been bombs that exploded in Madagascar. Well, sorry to “disappoint” but the bomb I’m talking about here stands for “Best Of Malagasy Blogs”- the second edition, as the first one happened in 2007. Just couldn’t resist [...]
Conservation International leverages google earth for climate change showcase
… and guess who’s the country used for case study: Madagascar. Although I’m not inspired yet to make a whole new post about how google earth virtual tour can help, I just want Madafan readers to be aware of this video. I know, this is only an “echoing chamber” phenomenon but the video is worth [...]
Interview with Acacia Adventure Holidays’s marketing director Heath Ashcroft
After Acacia Africa organised the first-ever twit-up about Madagascar, madafan wanted to know more about this Africa-specialized british tour-operator. Thanks to twitter contacts, we managed to obtain an e-mail interview with Heath Ashcroft, the Marketing Director at Acacia Adventure Holidays. Although Acacia covers a range of African destinations, it is our great pleasure at Madafan [...]
Hosotra 2009: dizains of amazing paintings to appreciate
Another year, another painting exposition at Tahala Rarihasina in Antananarivo. Hosotra 2009 is happening from August 3rd to august 23rd 2009, and once again, I’m truly amazed by the talents of those artists. Hosotra is a yearly exhibition that usually happens every August and highlight independent painters’ arts. As I usually appreciate beautiful things (and [...]
Rendez-vous in Mahavelona (aka Foulpointe) on August 08th 2009
What best unite people than a barbecue and THB beer (you can drink something else) on the beach? We want to make it happen and tell the world that travelling to Madagascar is nice. Mahavelona (AKA Foulpointe) in the east-coast of Madagascar (the island) will host this facebook meeting of Madagascar-tourist fellows and locals. This [...]
Mananara Eductour: Aye Aye Raid 2008
Madafan is beginning to publish any content (video, photos, documents/brochures, …) available for promoting the Madagascar destination. You are encouraged to contact us if you have some promotional contents that may need to be published here.Madafan will work on uploading it here. The goal is that people/tourists or anyone needing more information about Madagascar can [...]
Pierrot Men’s photos exposed at CCAC up to May 16th
If you happen to be in Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar) these days, there’s one exposition you definitely need to visit: Pierrot Men’s photo gallery exposition at the Centre Culturel Albert Camus titled “Juste des images: Les photos en noir et blanc et en couleur de … Pierrot Men” (Pictures only: black and white as well [...]
First worldwide AB-certified organic gambas from Madagascar
Ask any cook and he’ll surely praise gambas from Madagascar for his ingredients. In order to stay on top, Madagascar-based gambas producer OSO is now producing the worldwide first certified BIO gambas. This is a news reported by Le Monde [fr], but it’s also quoted on OSO’s website: AB-certification is the guarantee of pesticide and [...]




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