Le Jardin Du Roy

The luxurious rooms can sleep 2 or 3 guests and feature polished wooden floors, granite walls and red accents that mirror the bougainvillaea in the hotel’s garden. All rooms have a small veranda and sitting area. Each air conditioned ensuite room has a spacious bathroom and laundry facilities. The comfortable beds are covered in full-length mosquito netting for extra peace of mind.

The picturesque bungalows with thatched roofs and bougainvillaea snaking around the cobblestones are ideal for families. All rooms have a small veranda and sitting area. Each air conditioned ensuite room has a spacious bathroom and laundry facilities. The comfortable beds are covered in full-length mosquito netting for extra peace of mind.

Le Jardin de Roy has an impressive restaurant with locally sourced food. The organic farm features a variety of fruit trees and vegetable patches which supply the hotel with fresh ingredients, as well as beehives to help pollinate crops all year round. Enjoy delicious combinations of European and Malagasy cuisine courtesy of Le Jardin de Roy’s talented chefs, inside a cosy atmosphere complete with a warming fireplace. Dietary requirements can be accommodated for with prior notice.

The tennis court is available to guests as well as the well-equipped horse riding stable. The Isalo’s sweeping panoramas and sandstone formations are something to behold, and guided walks, rides or hikes through the picturesque park can be organised by Le Jardin du Roy’s attentive concierge. Guests can also take out the mountain bikes or quad bikes available to traverse Isalo’s rocky terrain.

Otherwise, guests can relax in the hotel’s bar or indulge in the hotel’s on-site Brigitte Spa facilities, before cooling off in the large swimming pool or sunbathing on its surrounding patio.

The ‘vertigo hike’ promises breath-taking views of the hotel below and is carried out by professional climbing guides from France. Optimum safety is ensured and all equipment is provided.

Ilakala Mines have the largest sapphire deposit in the world. Guests can visit the part-exhibition part-saleroom of ShowRoom Colour Line, the hotel’s partner who has specialised in precious stone cutting and jewellery manufacturing for decades. Marvel at the collection of sapphires, tourmalines, amethysts and garnets.

Isalo Bio is the five-hectare farm that supplies both Le Jardin du Roy and Relais de la Reine with fruit, vegetables and honey. Only biological farming techniques are used, with both tropical and European fruits and vegetables grown and beehives that supply honey and keep crops pollinated year round. Guests are welcome to visit and discover the variety of produce on the farm.

The hotel is supplied with fresh fruit, vegetables and honey from the Islao Bio farm which uses only biological farming techniques. This cuts down on transport emissions and helps local business, while adding authenticity to the restaurant’s Malagasy cuisine.