Eulophiella

This was my favourite hotel. While the rooms are relatively basic I loved everything about it - the setting is amazing, a long rough road to arrive at a little piece of paradise. The garden is gorgeous, sitting on the terrace overlooking it and hearing the indri in the forest nearby is just fantastic. The rooms have big decks, ours looking over a meadow and the forest beyond. The restaurant, with its fire roaring in the evening and terrace for breakfast, serves good food. The owners and their team are lovely, so helpful and working so hard to build their business. They have new rooms coming on stream and a spotless conference room. I’d wholeheartedly recommend it and would love to return.

Definitely Will Stay Here Again There is something very special about this place and the people working there. Our room was large, modern, surrounded by amazingly well-maintained flower gardens and grounds. Mark and the staff are incredibly accommodating and luckily for us spoke English. Fine food, outdoor dining, great tunes, terrific vistas, and incredible night walk to see birds and lemurs and chameleons and frogs and lizards, and the place is fantastic. Don’t by out off by the 5km of dirt road to get there, it’s totally worth it!

Access is on a quite rough road, which is best done by a 4x4, but such a vehicle is anyway recommended, if one also wants to visit the prime forest of the Mantadia National Park around Andasibe, one of Madagascar's top destinations. The Eulophiella Lodge, named after a Madagascar orchid, which can be seen by the entrance, is surrounded by beautiful nature, which one can discover on one's own or during a guided night walk, offered for a fee by the lodge. Check-in was easy and all the staff in general very friendly. We stayed in a Villa Deluxe all on our own with great views from the veranda with deckchairs. It had two king size beds and two washbasins in the bathroom, maybe meant for two couples staying together. Storage space in comparison is rather limited. There is an attractive restaurant, where we were seated by a fireplace, with a small, but good choice of items. Breakfast was served out on the restaurant's veranda. Only here, not in the rooms, is WiFi available. Don't expect a swimming pool. From all the accommodations in Andasibe this is probably the one in the most beautiful surroundings and with an unusual high standard.

The 5 km of bouncy off road to reach the resort worths the effort! The place is immerse in the forest, with huge and well spaced bungalows, a fancy restaurant and a detailed cured communal area. The room is clean and comfortable. The restaurant is delicious. Waking up with the sound of Indri is just amazing! Only thing to be improved is the breakfast: too expensive for the offering (croissant and bread with honey and jam with fresh fruit for 40k Ar/pp).

The approach road is difficult unless in a 4WD but when you finally decent into the valley where is Elophiella, you are in awe. A place of heavenly peace, excellent rooms, food and comfort, a place to thoroughly relax and enjoy nature at its best. In addition, the manager and staff were excellent in all respects and that made our stay perfect.

well, the picture on the webpage looked great but the reviews here were not really favourable. 4/5? Usually, that's not really great, so we were a bit uncertain what to expect. Luckily, we stuck with Eulophiella and did not get disappointed. Not sure if they changed the cook - but it was actually the best zebu we had over the course of two weeks across Madagascar. There is a well-maintained dirt road to the hotel - about 15min. If you are used to the domestic road network, you'll really appreciate it (not sure how one can describe it as "horrible" as one reviewer did). If you select the other more upscale hotels in the area, it's basically the same. The staff was helpful and kind. We enjoyed the space of a villa. Not that we needed it, but it was fantastic. The view from the balcony was really nice, and the surroundings are just beautiful. We'd go there again in a heartbeat.