Tipping · 🇲🇬

Tipping in Madagascar

Customary: 10%. Not expected. 10% at restaurants used to visitors.

At restaurants

What is customary: Not expected — welcome, but nobody is counting

Worked example

On a MGA200,000 bill, 10% is MGA20,000, so you would hand over MGA220,000.

Tour guides

On a “free” walking tour, the tip is the fare: about MGA20,000 per person.

On a paid tour, 10% of the price on top.

Expected. Park guides are compulsory here and are tipped on top of the fixed fee, at the end of each walk.

The money

Madagascar uses the Malagasy Ariary (MGA). Today 1 GBP is 5,847.32 MGA.

Convert GBP to MGA →

Malagasy Ariary (MGA) →

Tipping in other countries

Customs vary by region, by venue and over time. Use your judgement and your eyes.

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