Explore the Sahadimy, with the most beautiful views of Lake Itasy and the Ambohitraivo massif in Madagascar.
Sahadimy is a rocky massif that overlooks the Lake Itasy . Before you get there, go first by Moratsiazo at 8 km from Ampefy or Ampary, which is a little further (10 km). Whether you choose the first or the second village as a starting point, you will easily find one or more upscale and tortuous trails that lead to the Sahadimy summits. They are plunged with rock debris, the remains of the lava of the ancient volcanoes.
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The trails that lead to the tops of Sahadimy are up, sometimes dizzy, but they reserve a nice surprise that will not fail to delight you. You will cross fields with so fertile lemon in which tomatoes, beans or but. Thousands of stones and large scattered rocks everywhere spring weeds and aloes vera, these plants with thousand virtues that make Madagascar's reputation. Midway, you will see the bell tower of a tiny church dating back to the 19th century. Do not hesitate to visit Ambohitraivo, the fief of descendants of a handful of families.
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Ambohitraivo and its inhabitants
Ambohitraivo is a small hamlet of about twenty houses above which the old Protestant church stands. The inhabitants so kind and humble are brave farmers. In this small village you will find the mountains of the centenary aviavy (savage figs) as well as the remains of the ancient edifications. The large circular rock that served as a portal to the hamlet remains in its place in the past. In the middle of the houses is a malalaka tany (large courtyard) which is the place of meeting and delights of the inhabitants. At the center of the malalaka tany, we see a coarse stone plate imitating the forms of a circle. It is the entrance of a lava-bary, an underground cavity in which the oysters carefully kept the paddy grains. This big hole was hand-cut. An adult man can stand in there.
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During your visit to Ambohitraivo, the inhabitants will not fail to offer you as a way of goodbye to beautiful freshly collected tomatoes or big lawyers with creamy flesh. After this old isolated village, the track that leads to the Sahadimy peaks becomes increasingly abrupt. As you climb, you will see Lake Itasy gradually. At the top is the highlight of the show.
Sahadimy summits are privileged places. This is undoubtedly the only place where Lake Itasy exposes its most beautiful surroundings. There, visitors have as companions only a perfect silence and pure air. In these heights, you will see under your feet all the extent of the lake with its beautiful shores and lush valleys. In the centre of this gigantic water table seems to float the Boisé islet and the Virgin’s islet, which, it seems, is the centre of Madagascar. In all sides of the lake, mounds, generous plains and small villages sign up to the tourists passing to Sahadimy. This unique panorama in the world makes this wonderful place the must of the tourist sites of Itasy. The elders say that from this place, the waves of lights emanating from Antananarivo appear far away. To check, do not hesitate to develop a bivouac on the site. In the meantime, take a paragliding to fly over the tranquil waters of Lake Itasy and turn around it.
During a passage to Lake Itasy, don’t miss the summits of the Sahadimy, an exceptional site to which you will keep beautiful memories for a long time.
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