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'''Anakao is a small beautiful fishing village stretching over a long beach located about 40 kilometres south of [[Tulear]]. With the exception of a fairly small number of visiting tourist, the relative isolation of this village has helped preserved the preserve a traditional way of life amongst its estimated 3,000 inhabitants; one of the highest concentrations of [[Vezo]] people living along the coast coastline of Madagascar.'''

Due to poor road conditions, the village is best reached by boat from Tulear, which usually takes about one hour. During low tide, the transfer begins with a short oxcart ride onto the seabed to reach a pirogue or motorboat. The various Various hotels in Anakao provide transfers which that can be booked in Tulear harbour directly from where the boats leavedepart.

A There are a few basic hotels are strewn across along the coastline of Anakao and past both ends of the village. These are mostly typically simple beach huts, providing a an idyllic life -on the -beach experience to visiting tourists. In the early morning countless pirogues can be seen leaving in the direction of the open ocean for fishing until they return returning in the afternoon with their catch in clusters of small sailing regattas.

Behind Some very large and ancient tombs can be found behind the village and depending on the profession of the buried they are some tombs, usually decorated with oars/rudders or zebu horns in memory of the dead. South of the village fragments of eggshells of from the world's largest bird, the now extinct [[Aepyornis]] or elephant bird, can be found (it scattered along the beach. It is illegal to bring them these shell fragments out of the country).

Two small nature protected islands, [[Nosy Ve]] and [[Nosy Satrana]], are located just outside shortly off the coast of Anakao and can be visited only by day, since both . Both islands are uninhabited and offer no accommodation. These islands and can reached via only be visited by day, usually by a short fisherman pirogue ride from the mainlandvillage or via one of the hotels.