{"id":3775,"date":"2025-11-08T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/ueber-uns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:29:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3775\" class=\"elementor elementor-3775\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8bd2d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b8bd2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9388b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9388b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93635f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93635f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2080\" src=\"https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5290\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba-1182x1536.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/madaplustravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruedi-_-Lucie_Akiba-1575x2048.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e6e4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44e6e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a357382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a357382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two people, two cultures, one passion for Madagascar<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98575e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d98575e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ruedi and Lucie Felber-Razanatsoa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66198bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66198bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We met more than 40 years ago in Morondava, on the west coast of Madagascar. Even then, we sensed that this remarkable island would stay with us for life.<\/p><p>Today, MadaPlus TRAVEL brings together the two worlds that shaped us: Switzerland and Madagascar. We want to show our guests this fascinating country the way we came to know and love it ourselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9161575 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9161575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ruedi \u2013 connected with Madagascar for over 40 years<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ed3f7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ed3f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ruedi is a forest engineer and a graduate of ETH Zurich. His career took him into international development cooperation \u2013 to Honduras, Mali, Vietnam and Chad, where he was responsible for the safety of Swiss expatriates.<\/p><p>For seven years he lived and worked in Madagascar, leading a reforestation and rural development project. In that time he came to know not only the island&#8217;s nature and its regions, but above all its people and their way of life.<\/p><p>Madagascar is not a destination we know from a brochure \u2013 it is a country we have been connected with for decades.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c5c4a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3c5c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lucie \u2013 Madagascar is her home<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de1467 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9de1467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lucie was born in Morondava, the very place where we met more than 40 years ago. She knows the island, its culture, its people and their everyday life from the inside.<\/p><p>Together we combine this local knowledge with Swiss organisation and Swiss standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de7e7b1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de7e7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How MadaPlus TRAVEL came about<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-891279f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"891279f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2024 we brought our shared experience and our Madagascar network, built up over decades, together into a company of our own.<\/p><p>We wanted to create a tour operator where personal advice and individually planned journeys genuinely come first. Not an off-the-shelf trip, but a journey that suits the people taking it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa8293 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"faa8293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our connection with Madagascar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b19ee elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72b19ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Madagascar is more than a destination to us. Our long connection with the country has shown us how much respect for nature, for people and for local communities matters.<\/p><p>That is why we work with local drivers, guides and hotels we know personally and trust \u2013 and why we support local initiatives and projects wherever we can.<\/p><p>For us, sustainability is not a label. It is part of our relationship with Madagascar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e1e3b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8e1e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get to know us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb625d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfb625d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A journey is also a matter of trust. 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