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Reviews of Vakona Forest Lodge

• Daniel Dörfler

  4

  Reviewed: 2025-02-28

  A beautiful and natural stay in the middle of the rain forest! You are constantly surrounded by typical jungle sounds and this is truly an experience! The lodge is well located and has the perfect size, the rooms are very clean and comfortable. Best thing though is the “Dining and chill area” in the big lobby! Its also the only WiFi-Area in the lodge, but that doesn’t matter as there are plenty of other things to see than the Internet! There is also a nearby Crocodile and Lemur Park, which I would definitely recommend, especially for kids. I would also suggest talking a nice walk through one of the many hikes in the forest (be aware to bring an umbrella as it can start raining any time ;)). A great idea to top your Madagascar Trip! Only negative point is the price which was, relatively to other malagasy hotels pretty high, yet in comparison to other lodges exceptionally low! We paid 500,000.00 Ariary for one night/two adults which is like 100 euros!

• Globe Trotter

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-09-08

  Excellent place in the rain forest. Very good restaurant and super friendly staff. We stayed in Bungalow 14. And was perfect with hot water shower. Entrance with Andasibe was 20 minutes. Beautiful garden and Vakona island to see the lemurs.

• Rabearinirina Miara Narindra

  1

  Reviewed: 2024-07-12

  We are very disappointed by the management of some issues we've encountered. We rent 4 rooms for 2 days. We complained about the some dishes which were off but the management first of all asked the staff if we were natives or foreigners. What a discriminative behaviour. When we exposed our issue, she did not even take the time to check with the staff about the details of the issue. For the amount of the bill we were paying, I did not really mind to pay some ariary more for the dishes which were off but the manager did not even acknowledge . Prices are international standard but the rest does not fall into international scale.

• Sunny M

  3

  Reviewed: 2024-05-26

  Date of stay : Sat 4 - Sun 5 May 2024 Bumpy road all the way in to the Lodge. Came for an overnight stay. Basically to visit the Lemur Island Nice forest lodge located in the deep forest. Air is good. Apparently weather is usually wet and slightly rainy. Lodge is probably quite old. Room may be used and is basic. Food is quite average.

• chiangmaicharlies

  3

  Reviewed: 2024-03-29

  Typical of many of the resorts we stayed in during our journey through Madagascar, 'Vakona Forest Lodge' was run down after the covid years, with much of the accommodation requiring a makeover. The rooms were musty, but a good size and comfortable. The meals provided during our three day stay were between poor and OK and not very tasty. Not a lot of choice, and too much bread. The staff were not particularly friendly and only spoke French. Roads to and from Vakona Forest Lodge were not very good and the swimming pool was unusable; it looked as if it hadn't been cleaned for years. The gardens were nice and had some beautiful flowers. The central dining area was the cleanest and best kept part of the resort and it was nice to eat there whilst looking out over a lake flowers and the forest. 'Lemur Island' had a few visible lemurs and a guide, but was ruined by rain for our visit. It could happen anywhere in a rain forest, but certainly be careful here - I ended up one trip to find I had leeches on my neck and ankles. Nothing worse, but not nice.