We took the whole family to visit Madagascar this summer and I discovered an unknown land. At least that’s what it felt like, pioneering into unchartered territories. The discovery of a new landscape, a new culture, and a new people fascinated and inspired me.
The real adventure was a four day sailing trip, organised through Alefa, a small yet very unique french company. Here is the founder Nicolas explaining to us the ”ésprit” of the trip, which is to essentially reconnect with the natural unspoilt world of the madagascan coastline and experience the harmony of letting the days and nights just simply flow into each other. When it comes to combining adventure, passion and a sense of poetry, the french really are hard to beat.
We sailed six hours a day eating lunch aboard, cooked on a simple stove and stopping only to harpoon our daily ration of fish. Our only provisions on leaving port were fruit, rice and rum, so we needed a fresh catch of fish and seafood everyday, the giant mangrove crabs were the best I’ve ever tasted.
Each afternoon a camp was set up on a different wild beach, no roads for miles and miles, only local fishing communities in wooden huts. Each evening laterns were placed on the sand and we feasted on wonderful food, all cooked in a simple camp kitchen.
Every morning a breakfast was laid out, freshly fried doughnuts with wild honey and tropical fruit. After that the camp was disembled and everything carried back to the boat and we continued on our journey.
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