About Dadamanga

Unique travel experience planned by the Madagascar travel experts

MADAGASCAR inspires a sense of imminent adventure. It creeps under your skin with a magical fascination of untouched wildlife and the nervous excitement of the unknown. Experience the heart and soul of this magnificent land with Dadamanga – the Madagascar travel experts.

At Dadamanga, we have been proudly serving clients in Madagascar for over 25 years. Our founder, Brett Massoud, first set foot on this magical island in 1987 and has spent countless months exploring its diverse landscapes, rich wildlife, and fascinating culture. Based in Fort Dauphin, he has easy access to national parks, beautiful beaches, and a wealth of other attractions.

Our team of professionals is dedicated to creating tailor-made itineraries that reflect our extensive knowledge, expertise, and personal experiences in Madagascar. We pride ourselves on being able to design unique journeys that cater to your specific needs and preferences. Additionally, our fluency in the local language and partnerships with the most reliable service providers ensure that you will have an unparalleled and seamless travel experience.

Let us share Brett’s wealth of experience with you and create an unforgettable Madagascar safari that you will always cherish.

Conservation is high on our agenda, the projects that we support arebased on our knowledge of the land and our love of wildlife and sustainability. Our mission is to offer you the best possible tour for your budget, and by stepping onto this fascinating island continent for the first time you will feel all of your five senses come alive. The smell, sights, sounds of the Malagasy way of life, and her nature, will fill your soul.

Being specialists in individual and tailor-made safaris, we find it exciting that we can provide our clients with authentic awe-inspiring tours. Be extraordinary, visit Madagascar with Dadamanga.

The Team

The Dadamanga Tours team

Our team have a strong sense of solidarity, like a big loving family. We are spread across the country, connected by fibre-optic internet and our heart-strings. Our head office is in Tolagnaro, the planning & design office is in Antsirabe, we have a team of around thirty drivers and guides in Antananarivo, and key team-members on every corner of the island.

The team is really what makes us unique, our strength is our mutual respect, our strong communication, and the genuine desire of the team to share their love of their homeland in a respectful way. All of our drivers are also licensed tour guides and our guides are the creme-de-la-creme of Madagascar tourism. You only need to read our reviews to witness this fact!

An award-winning travel company

Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards winner 2024 badge
TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice 2023 award
TripAdvisor 2020 Travellers' Choice awards winner

Dadamanga is thrilled to have been awarded Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice again in 2024, reflecting our deep commitment to customer satisfaction, friendly service, and providing the best custom Madagascar vacations.

Social Responsibility

We make contributions to multiple projects across Madagascar every year, including support for a school for girls (giving girls opportunities to stay in school as far as university, and helping adolescent girls to avoid starting families when they themselves are still children) and the ongoing management and protection of our extraordinary private nature reserve at Sainte Luce.

At Sainte Luce Reserve, we protect the last natural coastal ebony forest in the south of Madagascar where the forest meets the sea, where lemurs leap through the trees, where turtles nest on the beach, and where crocodiles smile in our estuary. We have been protecting Sainte Luce Reserve and her thousands of species of wild flora and fauna since 2010.

Every year, most companies measure their performance by the profit they made. At Dadamanga, of course, we aim to make a profit, we are after all a professional tour operator company. But each year, we strive not only to generate profit, we also strive to measure how we have contributed to the environment and to the people. These are the “three P’s” of Triple Bottom Line Management; Profit, Planet, People.

Our reviews on TripAdvisor

  • star rating  Best honeymoon I've ever had. - We traveled with Dadamanga for our 12 day honeymoon in Madagascar. We asked them to create and organize a trip from Tana to Iles Saint Marie, and then back to... read more

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    June 26, 2025

    star rating  Great trip planning and flawless execution  - I contacted Brett based on the great reviews Dadamanga has received on TA and also his generosity in sharing information on the associated forum. To say that Brett is responsive... read more

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    June 19, 2025

    star rating  Amazing experience with Dadamanga!  - We live in Kenya and decided to go to Madagascar a month before the trip was supposed to start. I had no contacts in Madagascar, and upon researching online, we... read more

    avatar thumb Riccardo Z
    June 17, 2025
  • star rating  Awesome company - don't hesitate to book your Madagascar trip with them  - When planning our 18-day trip to Madagascar, we soon realised that it was not something we could readily do ourselves as first-time travellers to the country from the UK. We... read more

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    June 9, 2025

    star rating  Amazing Experience!  - We travelled 3 women - friends from different countries to South-West Madagascar with Dadamanga. I found Brett on TA site and wrote my first email to him way... read more

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    June 4, 2025

    star rating  An Adventure in Madagascar  - The first word that comes to mind, when I think about our trip is "amazing"! I knew our trip was a huge adventure for my mother and me, but... read more

    avatar thumb Valarie Davis L
    June 4, 2025
  • star rating  Great way to discover Madagascar with the kids - We book a family tour with kids (8 and 9). We went did Antananarivo, Baobab alley, Kirindy, Kivalo and Antasibe. Everything was perfect. The guides were very kind and professionnal,... read more

    avatar thumb Zack T
    May 12, 2025

    star rating  Good Introduction to Malagasy History and Delicious, Too!  - We were short on time for a Tana visit, and this itinerary was a perfect fit for an historical overview. We were picked up by our driver / guide,... read more

    avatar thumb Karen S
    April 29, 2025

    star rating  Excellent trip planning and great guides  - The planning of our trip to Madagascar was excellent. We liked the proposed hotels a lot. Changes in flight schedules were proactively managed.
    The guides and drivers were excellent.... read more

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    April 27, 2025