About MER

Mer Madagascar was officially founded in 2012 by Manitra Andriamialisoa, He is a native Malagasy tour guide for 20 years, a former Fulbright Scholar to New York University, and a former junior faculty member at the University of Antananarivo. Formerly known as Madagascar Endemics & Resorts, it is an authorized tour operator and a DMC in Madagascar. Highly recommended on New York Times and on TripAdvisor, we are an expert in high-end custom wildlife expeditions and bespoke soft-adventure tours for families and small groups. Specializing in FIT and incentive tours for international corporates, we’ve managed to create and maintain a worldwide reputation since our creation.

Driven by our motto of offering only the best and most unique experience in Madagascar, we always endeavor to provide tour services of the highest quality only to our demanding high-end clientele. Winner of TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice 2020 Award, we’re blessed to work with devoted highly qualified and experienced English-speaking personnel, all Malagasy natives born and raised in the Treasure Island, including office-based staff, trip leaders, driver-guides, naturalist guides with different specialties, namely primatology, mammalogy, ornithology, herpetology, entomology, lepidopterology, ichthyology, anthropology, geology, and botany. Inhabiting diverse ecosystems within the great island, all of our field-based team possess good knowledge on the sustainable management and use of Madagascar’s biological diversity, which is crucial in nature conservation.

Thanks to our solid experience in the tourism industry in the world’s fourth largest island, and our in-depth knowledge of Madagascar’s natural treasures, including its rare endemic animal and plant species, its fascinating landforms and geological contradictions, its most unique ecosystems on Earth, and its natural history in general, we’ve always been able to properly meet our customers’ thirst for knowledge and understanding of the Treasure Island’s rich and unusual and most interesting biodiversity. Over the years, we’ve come to realize our clientele’s aspirations for not only new but otherworldly experience while vacationing in Madagascar. That is why we propose tour packages that reflect our individual clients’ personal needs and requests. And we keep renewing our commitment to offering only first-class customized care and services to our distinguished guests throughout their tour.

We stand out from the crowd thanks to our comprehensive understanding of our clientele’s requirements and expectations. And we take pleasure at not only meeting their needs and aspirations, but also by optimizing our customer experience during their trip in the Treasure Island. Being highly recommended as one of the most reliable luxury tour operators to ever operate on the market, we believe in top-end services only! Such first-rate care is highly valued by all top-of-the-line soft adventure travelers of all age category, and we are here to provide everything they ask for to make sure their experience is very safe and enjoyable and memorable! Therefore, by booking premium tours with us, demanding tourists can rest assured they will be in good hands right from the moment they reach out to us. We’re available 24/7, so our fast response time bodes well for our service!