VISAS, ENTRY RULES, CUSTOMS REGULATIONS in Madagascar A visa to enter Madagascar can be issued both upon arrival at the airport of the country, providing a passport (valid for at least 6 months from the end of the planned trip) and round-trip tickets, and at the Embassy of the country in Russia. Required documents: – […]

The island of Madagascar began to be populated from about the 6th-5th centuries BC. The first to arrive in Madagascar were the inhabitants of Southeast Asia, India, Iran and East Africa. Today, the island’s indigenous population is the Malagasy. These are the descendants of mixed marriages of these peoples. In the 7th century, the Arabs […]

Madagascar. Island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of the African continent, at the height of Mozambique. Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar according to allpubliclibraries. The island of Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. History Madagascar was the name that the Portuguese gave to the island (1502) and it […]

General travel information for Madagascar Continent: Africa Geographical location: Island in the Indian Ocean, approx. 400 km east of the southeastern African continent, located in the southern hemisphere Highest elevation: Maromokotro (2876 m above sea level) Longest river: Mangoky (560 km) Form of Government: Republic System of Government: Semi-presidential system of government Languages: Malagasy and […]