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Madagascar Travel Podcast with Hery Rakoto

with Hery Rakoto

82 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. Vohemar Mangroves and Vanilla Port Logistics

    Day five in Vohemar. I navigate the RN5A corridor life, visit the Rasikajy necropolises for history, and sort residency paperwork at BNI while tracking vanilla export shifts. ☕ En…

    S3 E211:01
  2. Vohemar Port Ruins and Vanilla Season Reality

    Day four in Vohemar: exploring the Rasikajy necropolises, documenting daily costs at local eateries, and reflecting on the town’s new role as a vanilla export hub. ☕ Enjoying the…

    S3 E110:11
  3. Vohemar Port Ruins and Vanilla Season Reality

    Hery explores the Rasikajy necropolises, navigates Vohemar's new status as a vanilla export hub, and checks the local cost of living while settling into his flat in Andranomasibe.…

    S2 E4010:39
  4. Vohemar Port Ruins and Vanilla Season Reality

    Day two in Vohemar. I walk the RN5A past colonial ruins, check the vanilla flowering rush, and navigate the practicalities of living in a town that handles Madagascar’s northern tr…

    S2 E3910:31
  5. Moving to Vohemar on the RN5A

    Hery drives north from Sambava to Vohemar along the RN5A, settling into the northern SAVA coast. He explores the town’s history, markets, and daily costs before the rainy season be…

    S2 E3810:54
  6. Sambava Spring Market Rhythms and Vanilla Curing

    Hery spends his final full day in Sambava, navigating the tense vanilla markets of Antaimby, observing the Soavoanio coconut estate economy, and preparing for the Marojejy trek whi…

    S2 E3709:29
  7. Sambava Last Day Market Rhythms

    Final full day in Sambava before the Marojejy trek. Hery navigates the Antaimby market, checks residency logistics at BNI, and reflects on the shifting vanilla economy as he prepar…

    S2 E3610:57
  8. Vanilla Price Crash and Soavoanio Coconut Estate

    Day nine in Sambava. The vanilla price collapse hits the markets, but the coconut economy at Soavoanio offers a different rhythm. I explore the estate, check the local banking logi…

    S2 E3510:01
  9. Sambava Market Rhythms and Vanilla Curing

    Day eight in Sambava. Hery navigates the rotating market cycle, checks on vanilla curing at La Vanilleraie, and reflects on the shifting economic tides of the SAVA region. ☕ Enjoy…

    S2 E3412:22
  10. Vanilla Curing and Soavoanio Coconut Estate

    Day four in Sambava. Hery visits the Soavoanio coconut estate to explore the local economy, navigates residency paperwork at BNI, and explores the Antaimby market before planning h…

    S2 E3309:52
  11. Sambava Market Rhythms and Vanilla Curing

    Hery explores the weekly market rotation in Sambava, navigates residency paperwork at BNI, and visits the Soavoanio coconut estate. He breaks down daily costs, local transit, and t…

    S2 E3210:12
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
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