Cruise stop · Nosy Be and Diego Suarez

Shore excursions for cruise passengers

Meeting point
At the port
Return
To your ship, guaranteed
Ports of call
Nosy Be · Diego Suarez
Payment
€, $, £ or ariary

Your port of call with Nosy Vanona Tours

Is your cruise ship calling at Nosy Be or Diego Suarez? Our team welcomes you as soon as you arrive at the port, under the Nosy Vanona Tours tent. You choose your excursion, your guide stays with you throughout the visit, and we bring you back on time: your return to the ship is guaranteed.

You can book before you arrive, or directly at the port, at our tent.

In Nosy Be

Lemuria Land and local market

Nosy Be's zoological park: lemurs, reptiles, giant land tortoises and an ylang-ylang distillery, followed by the local market.

Culture option: Lemuria Land, local market, sacred tree and museum. Sakalava-style traditional clothing is available for you to wear at the entrance.

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Lokobe Park

Nature reserve: wild animals and preserved forest.

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Nosy Be island tour

Local market, sacred tree, Mount Passot and its 360° panoramic view over the sacred lakes, then time to relax on a sun lounger at Andilana beach.

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Nosy Sakatia

Snorkelling among large sea turtles.

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Nosy Komba and Tanikely

A land park and a marine park.

Option: Nosy Komba with Ambariofary beach, or Nosy Vorona.

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Nosy Iranja

Often listed among the most beautiful beaches in Madagascar.

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In Diego Suarez

Amber Mountain National Park

An 18,200-hectare nature reserve: wildlife, five large waterfalls and green lakes.

Red Tsingy

Red laterite pinnacles shaped by erosion, a landscape found nowhere else in the world.

The three bays

Sakalava Bay, Dunes Bay and Pigeons Bay.

Diego Suarez city tour

With Nosy Lonjo, the bay's “Sugar Loaf”, and the endemic baobab Adansonia suarezensis.

Montagne des Français

A hike with a panoramic view over the bay of Diego Suarez.

Good to know

  • Meeting point at the port: our tent is waiting for you there.
  • Guaranteed return to your ship.
  • Cash payment: euro, US dollar, pound sterling or ariary.

In pictures

Cruise ship at anchor in the bay of Nosy Be Cruise ship offshore and transfer boats at the port The Nosy Vanona Tours tent at the port Welcoming cruise passengers at our tent Cruise passengers with the Nosy Vanona Tours team Visitors in traditional clothing Meeting a chameleon Forest walk with a guide The Red Tsingy near Diego Suarez Tuk-tuks and stalls in town, Nosy Be

Booking & quote

Is your port of call coming up?

Tell us your ship's name, the date of your call and the number of guests, and we will suggest the right excursion.

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