Anjajavy Lodge, Western Madagascar
Anjajavy Lodge
Anjajavy Lodge is one of the top luxury lodges in Madagascar. Relax in luxury at the end of your holiday with pristine beaches and a great diversity of wildlife in the accompanying nature reserve. Activities include a variety of water sports (run from a separate beach to that of swimming), fishing and numerous excursions in the Anjajavy Reserve. Consisting of 25 air conditioned two storey rosewood villas with private verandas providing ideal comfort areas to sit back and watch the sea views or dancing lemurs in the surrounding trees. Anjajavy Reserve is home to a variety of exciting fauna and flora including Coquerel’s Sifaka, brown lemurs, mouse lemurs, and a variety of chameleons not to mention the vast array of tropical birdlife (love birds, vangas, vasa parrots!), coral reefs and mangrove forests!
A remote, luxury resort set on a beach of sandy coves and turquoise waters
- 24 two-storey villas
- Pool
- Swimming pool with large sun deck
- Great for water sports, fishing
Style: A remote luxury beach resort of two-storey villas.
Setting: The hotel stands beside the beach at the end of a peninsula that extends into a wide bay in the Mozambique Channel. It is a remote and exceptionally beautiful coast, with sandy coves and turquoise waters. The hotel borders a forest reserve protecting a plethora of unique wildlife.
Accommodation & facilities: The 24 air-conditioned, two-storey villas are built of local rosewood and roofed with satrana leaves. Each is equipped with a large bed, sitting area, breakfast corner, bathroom with oversize bath and shower and separate toilet. Upstairs is another room with two single beds, plenty more storage space and a work surface. Amenities include tea/coffee facilities, a fridge, a safe and a variety of lighting.
French windows open onto a large sea-facing veranda, furnished with armchairs and a hammock from which you can watch the lemurs in the trees or the fishing pirogues on the ocean.
The main lodge houses a comfortable lounge, the bar and billiards table, the television room and the main restaurant, though many meals are taken outside on the decked area that runs the length of the main building. The main building looks out across the lawn, usually littered with parakeets, to the 200 metre squared pool and the Indian Ocean beyond.
The pool has a large sun-deck with sun-beds and parasols and the long, sandy beach in front of the villas is for swimming and relaxation; deck-chairs and shades are provided at discrete intervals.
A second beach is geared towards water sports, which preserves the tranquillity of the villas and the beach in front of them. The marina is a short walk from the lodge.
Dining: Most meals at Anjajavy are served outside
Activities: Complimentary water sports include catamarans, windsurfing, canoes and snorkelling. Land-based sports include volleyball, table tennis, badminton, billiards and boules. Mountain bikes are also available.
The hotel caters for big game and fly fishing.
You can walk through the mangrove at low tide; through the forest, populated by Coquerel's sifakas and a variety of bird species; to the Sakalava fishing villages of Ambondro Ampassy or Anjajavy; to the enormous baobab; or explore the numerous small coves. It is very safe; there are no dangerous or venomous creatures to worry you.
Child policy: Children welcome but no facilities except babysitting
