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Madagascar Travel Podcast with Hery Rakoto

with Hery Rakoto

71 episodesLatest 4 days agoNew episode
Recorded in MadagascarAbout MadagascarEnglishSociety & CulturePlaces & TravelDocumentaryEducation
Madagascar Travel Podcast with Hery Rakoto is a slow, place-based guide to the world's fourth-largest island. Travelling here means moving between a narrow coastal plain, a central high plateau and an arid south, while hearing Malagasy and French in daily use. The island's isolation has produced species that exist nowhere else, and its rivers and roads carry their own rhythms. Early episodes keep a base in Antananarivo, the capital on the high plateau. Later the host moves east to Toamasina, the country's main port, then south to the spiny forest country around Toliara and inland to Fianarantsoa, the highland town known for its surrounding rice terraces. The show unfolds across dry-season months and wet-season months, returning to the same highland towns and eastern coastline. Each visit adds a layer; a market becomes recognisable, a route through the hills becomes familiar. Over two years the podcast accumulates the kind of knowledge that comes from living somewhere, not passing through. Hery Rakoto lives in Madagascar and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Hery is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement. A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers. ☕ Enjoying the show? These episodes are free and stay that way because listeners chip in — if a coffee's worth it, support the journey: buymeacoffee.com/paris2tokyo Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next. #Madagascar #MadagascarTravel #EastAfrica #Antananarivo #TravelPodcast #Travel #Paris2Tokyo https://www.paris2tokyo.com/podcasts/madagascar/
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Episodes

  1. Marojejy Trek Prep and Market Rhythms in Sambava

    Hery prepares for a four-day trek into Marojejy National Park, navigating the humid air of Sambava while exploring the local markets and calculating the costs of adventure travel i…

    S2 E3109:28
  2. Vanilla Curing and Soavoanio Coconut Estate

    Day four in Sambava. Hery explores the vanilla curing season, visits the massive Soavoanio coconut estate, and navigates the local markets while reflecting on residency logistics.…

    S2 E3011:36
  3. Sambava Market Rhythms and Vanilla Curing

    Hery explores the rotating markets of Sambava, navigates the vanilla curing season, and plans the next leg toward Marojejy National Park. ☕ Enjoying the show? Help keep every epis…

    S2 E2910:54
  4. Sambava Vanilla Curing and Soavoanio Coconut Estate

    Hery explores the heart of the SAVA region's vanilla curing season in Sambava, visits the vast Soavoanio coconut estate, and navigates the practicalities of banking and residency r…

    S2 E2811:28
  5. Sambava Arrival: Vanilla Curing and New Roads

    Hery moves from Antalaha to Sambava on the RN5A coast road. He explores the vanilla curing season, Soavoanio coconut estate, and practical residency logistics in the SAVA region ca…

    S2 E2710:04
  6. Vanilla Curing and Final Markets in Antalaha

    Hery spends his last full day in Antalaha, walking the Tanambao market for green vanilla auctions, visiting a curing house to see the drying process, and navigating the practicalit…

    S2 E2611:03
  7. Last Day in Antalaha Vanilla Curing and Stone Cutting

    Hery spends his final full day in Antalaha, navigating the heavy swell warnings, visiting the vanilla curing houses, and reflecting on the SAVA economy before heading east. ☕ Enjo…

    S2 E2511:19
  8. Tanambao Market Rhythms and Stone Craftsmanship

    Hery navigates the humid mornings of Antalaha, exploring the Tanambao market's vanilla auctions, the rhythmic clatter of stone-cutting workshops, and the practicalities of living i…

    S2 E2410:53
  9. Vanilla auctions and stone cutting in Antalaha

    I walk through the Tanambao market to watch green vanilla change hands, then visit a lapidary workshop where semi-precious stones are cut by hand. I also cover the heavy swell warn…

    S2 E2310:42
  10. Vanilla Curing and Stone Cutting in Antalaha

    Day six in the vanilla capital. Hery walks through the curing houses of Tanambao, visits the semi-precious stone workshops, and navigates the heavy swell warnings affecting the por…

    S2 E2211:12
  11. Antalaha Stone Cutting and Market Rhythms

    I walk through the semi-precious stone workshops of Antalaha, watch the vanilla auctions close for the week, and navigate the heavy swell warnings hitting the SAVA coast. ☕ Enjoyi…

    S2 E2110:48
  12. Vanilla Curing, Stone Cutting and the SAVA Economy

    Hery walks through Antalaha’s curing houses and stone workshops, explaining how vanilla prices shape the town’s economy. He visits a local cafe for coffee, checks on residency bank…

    S2 E2010:26
  13. Vanilla Curing Houses and Stone Cutters in Antalaha

    Day three in the vanilla capital. I walk through the curing sheds, watch stone cutters at work, and navigate the practicalities of living in SAVA. ☕ Enjoying the show? Help keep e…

    S2 E1910:58
  14. Antalaha Vanilla Auctions and Stone Cutters

    Day two in Antalaha. I navigate the Tanambao market, watch green-vanilla buying, visit the semi-precious stone workshops, and sort out my residency registration. ☕ Enjoying the sh…

    S2 E1809:24
  15. Arrival in Antalaha Vanilla Capital

    Hery arrives in Antalaha by coastal boat, navigating the humid spring air to settle into a new flat in Tanambao. He explores the vanilla auctions, the Tanambao market, and the trad…

    S2 E1712:10
  16. Last Morning in Maroantsetra Before Masoala

    Hery spends his final full day in Maroantsetra, preparing for the Masoala trek. He navigates the port economy, observes marine patrols, and reflects on the town's shifting rhythms…

    S2 E1609:44
  17. Last Morning in Maroantsetra Before Masoala

    Hery packs for the Masoala trek, navigates Maroantsetra's final dry-day routines, and reflects on the town’s economy before heading into the rainforest. ☕ Enjoying the show? Help…

    S2 E1510:38
  18. Masoala Trek Gear and Bay Patrols in Maroantsetra

    Hery finalises gear for the Masoala rainforest trek, observes new marine patrols in Antongil Bay, and reflects on the shifting local economy as the dry season ends. ☕ Enjoying the…

    S2 E1411:54
  19. Whale Watching and Trek Logistics in Maroantsetra

    Hery navigates the tail end of whale season in Antongil Bay, books supplies for a Masoala rainforest trek, and sorts out the practicalities of living in Analanjirofo. ☕ Enjoying t…

    S2 E1311:26
  20. Dawn Whales and Masoala Preparations

    Day nine in Maroantsetra. Hery watches humpback whales in Antongil Bay before finalizing logistics for a five-day trek into Masoala National Park. ☕ Enjoying the show? Help keep e…

    S2 E1209:20
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