Grief - an inseparable element of separation

To conclude our stay, we share with you our most pleasant surprise: And it was the local travel agency ALBERCIK. I wrote about him when he was our invaluable guide around the islands. We appreciated his work and the work of the entire team. And in the end, we learned that someone better than us ha...

The beauty of artistic works

The artists - carvers on Nosy Be are renowned for their works – large and small works of art carved from wood. Madagascar wood has a whole palette of beautiful colors – so the products made from it are beautiful. Here are examples of the sculptures that surround us at the hotel. And on the beach,...

What surrounds us here

We toured and explored several Madagascar islands, admiring the natural beauty of its flora and fauna. Our hotel garden also has much to offer, that is, to admire. There are endemic species here, as well as others that are rare in European palm houses. All of this serves to allow tourists to escap...

Why do we like it here?

We answer the question in the title: Every day, we watch the work of our hotel staff. There must be over a hundred of them: receptionists, waiters, bartenders, chefs, maids, gardeners, beach sweapers, and a few others with unclear tasks. They are all managed by Italian managers. And they are amo...

An evening chill-out

After a varied escapade to the Three Islands located between "our" Nosy Be and the large island of Madagascar, it's time to calm down and relax in the hotel bar with some more relaxing music than the one we were entertained with by the spontaneous Malagasy people led by Albercik. The Vanila Hotel h...

Nosy Komba

Nosy Komba Here we have our lunch, after which we climb through a large village (Ampangorinana) and tropical forest to reach a paradise of lemurs, snakes, and forest turtles. Nosy Komba (Malagasy pronunciation: [nusʲ ˈkuᵐba]; literally "lemur island"), also known as Nosy Ambariovato, is a small ...

Three Islands

Today's trip is titled Three Islands. We had no doubt which option to choose: Albercik! A little over half an hour by boat and we're at: Nosy Tanikely “Nosy Tanikely National Park is a small island with an area of ​​3.41 km², which explains its name: "Nosy Tanikely" means "island of the small ...