Relais du Kirindy

Beautiful resort in the middle of the forest, ~15 minutes from the national park de Kirindy. Bungalows are huge, clean and well spaced. The communal area is well maintained with a good pool and tasty restaurant. As per the rest of Madagascar, there is electricity cut during the day, but not impacting since by that time we were at the visit of the park. Perfect stop to visit the national park and as a break in the trip between tana and tsingy.

Our 2 night stay here was to visit the Kirindy Forest Reserve. This hotel was perfectly positioned for this. The bungalows are comfortable and spacious. The staff were friendly, humerous and helpful. The food at the restaurant was great. This resort is often mixed up with the other resort Kirindy Lodge which is located within Kirindy Forest Reserve. So to clear this up Relaise du Kirindy is a grwat place to stay.

This hotel we called the "so call " hotel. it looks so promising- looks beautiful, the restaurant area, with the pool beside, the welcoming to the hotel, but it has too many deficiencies - the door to the room doesn't close well, no nets in the shower windows, which you cannot close even- very cold at night. the shower is a bucket one- they bring you to the room a bucket full with hot water- excellent shower, if only it wasn't so cold from the windows you cannot close. the restaurant was disappointing, and the breakfast, was one of our least favorite from the 3 weeks trip. but there are also not many options near the Kirindy park. so it is what it is...

Thankfully, we only spend one night here. The room was basic with just 4 cramped beds side by side, the dinner was cold and expensive and the breakfast was quite minimal compared to the price and other places we visited while in Madagascar. They had a pool which seemed like a great idea when we first booked it but it was quite dirty so the kids didn’t want to go in anyway. Wi-fi was almost nonexistent but this is the case in most places around Madagascar so we can’t really hold that against them. This place was probably nice when it was first build but it looks like no one maintained it since then. Since there are only two solid options in this area you really don’t have a choice anyway so unfortunately, they can get by with what they offer and still run a good business.

Really good restaurant and very nice bungalows. Only the missing warm water in the shower draws the review down. The power is from generators that are not on all day, so bring a headlight or a lamp. The proximity to Kirindy National Park and the baobab forrest is great.

We arrived at this hotel after a very long drive and all we wanted was a hot shower...but no hot water at all...luckily we only had to endure this place for one night...the room was not the cleanest and the breakfast was quite good ...maybe I didn't notice it too much in my rush to leave