Kivalo Soa Honko day tour Morondava: Mangroves, Vezo village

Paddle through mangroves to a working fishing village, then cast nets for crabs at low tide

A full-day tour from Morondava to Kivalo Soa Honko combines baobab trees, a canoe journey through mangrove channels, and time in a Vezo fishing village where you help with crab traps and eat lunch cooked by locals. Hotel pickup starts the day at 7am. A guide in English or French walks you through village life and explains how the community protects the mangrove ecosystem. The return includes a sunset stop at Baobab Avenue before drop-off at your hotel.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Morondava's nature and culture

• Hotel pickup at 7am
• Drive 25 minutes to baobab trees
• Visit baobab avenue and hollow baobab
• Stop for photos at baobab trees
• Visit baobab in love and try fruit
• Arrive Mangily village and explore lifestyle
• Take canoe to Kivalo village through mangroves
• Participate in mangrove planting and beach time
• Enjoy authentic Malagasy lunch
• Canoe back to Mangily village
• Do crab fishing in afternoon
• Drive back to baobab avenue for sunset
• Drop off at hotel after sunset

What’s included

• Private transportation from your hotel.
• bottled water.
• admission and entrance fees.
• a traditional canoe ride through the mangroves.
• lunch in the village.
• and participation in crab fishing.

Times

• Every day 05:00

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Before you book

Group Private

Live guide English and French

Meeting point and pickup Hotel pickup included. You can choose from 9 pickup points.

Book up to 12h before

Cancellation and refunds Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Good to know

Low physical effort Infant seats available Infants must sit on laps

Operated by Madagascar-bamtours

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The experience

The day starts with a 25-minute drive to Baobab Avenue, where you stop to photograph the hollow baobab and taste baobab fruit before heading to Mangily village around 8am. From there, a traditional pirogue carries you 45 minutes through the mangrove waterways to Kivalo Soa Honko, where the Vezo people have fished for generations. Your guide shares stories of the tradition and points out the birds and marine life that move through the channels with the tide.

At the village, you walk the trails and see how daily life works: the boats, the nets, the way families use the mangroves. Lunch arrives at noon: an authentic Malagasy meal prepared in the village. In the afternoon, you paddle back to Mangily and join in crab fishing, learning the technique locals use at low tide. The canoe ride back gives you time to watch the water and the mangrove edges before the drive to Baobab Avenue for sunset, then back to your hotel.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and French.

How long is the canoe ride through the mangroves to Kivalo village?

The canoe journey takes 45 minutes each way through the mangrove waterways between Mangily and Kivalo Soa Honko.

What is the Vezo fishing tradition?

The Vezo are a coastal fishing community in Madagascar, and Kivalo Soa Honko is a working village where families have practiced fishing and mangrove harvesting for generations. Your guide explains their methods and relationship with the ecosystem during the village walk.

Do I get to participate in the crab fishing, or just watch?

You join in the crab fishing in the afternoon after lunch, learning the technique locals use at low tide rather than observing from the sidelines.

What happens at Baobab Avenue?

Baobab Avenue is a grove of ancient baobab trees near Morondava. You stop there in the morning to photograph the trees and taste baobab fruit, and return at sunset before heading back to your hotel.

Is lunch included, and what kind of food is it?

Lunch is included and served at noon in Kivalo village: an authentic Malagasy meal prepared locally, eaten with the community.