What an experience! - Terry B.. Date of travel: Sep 2007
Found in the very centre of Madagascar, Le Lac Itasy Centre is a small guest house, made out of granite. Run by an English family. Not as hot as coast. Being set in the highlands, altitude 1400m+, there are not many mosquitoes. Bedrooms incredible, simple but full of character. View over a huge lake is breathtaking, with the sun streaming in through the windows at 5.30 in the morning. We had to stay for 3 days ... would have stayed another couple of days if time permitted. Food was good, though a small menu. No stomach problems! Yea! Bathroom was first rate ... seems to be big let down in most Madagascar hotels. Thumbs up to "Le Lac Itasy Centre" and to Derek and Fleur who run it! The Centre also ran Tours to some huge waterfalls and geysers. The waterfalls are about 25m high by about 30m across. There were people on hand to help our kids stay safe in the water ... good service. Bad point: Although you can go swimming in the river, you cannot swim in the lake ... too dirty due to huge erosion of the surrounding mountains.

The accommodation was wonderful - Mackenzie Oviatt. Date of travel: Jul 2007
Be sure to wear mosquito spray at Le Lad Itasy Centre, you don't even want to know what happened to my husband! On to a better note, the Hilimongo Hotel was so breath taking. You could barely breathe because of the strange odour, but besides that it was lovely. My husband went swimming in the Grandigo River, he had a scrumptious time or should I say the alligators did!