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'''Vohemar to Mazava is a 78km part of a bike route with stunning scenery the whole entire way. Except for a few hills, it's mostly flat and straight biking on a tarred road in excellent condition with but the odd potholes which are more a nuisance for to cars than for bikes. Every few kilometres there's a small village with friendly locals greeting bypassers.'''
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As of 2020, there are virtually no tourists in this areahere, although this will likely change in coming years once the often impassable RN5 part of the RN5a between [[Ambilobe]] and [[Vohemar]] has been completed. Meanwhile, the area and its main road remain relatively isolated from the rest of the country and without wastefully half-empty chauffeur-driven 4x4 cars transporting tourists.
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The traffic is most minimal during the rainy season from December to June and only a few crowded taxi-brousses and freight trucks pass throughout the day , along with plenty of zebuszebu crossings, making it possible even relatively safe for the odd reptile to cross the road without being flattenedrelatively safely.
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[[Mazava]] is an unknown and so-far unmapped village four kilometres south of [[Ampanefena]] and halfway between Vohemar and Sambava. However, as of 2020, none of the four hotels in Ampanefena offers particularly good value accommodation the best option is to stay at [[Maison Zaza]] in Mazava where vanilla farmers Mr and Mrs Zaza rent out five bungalows on their property, two of which have a panoramic view of the surrounding landscapes (still in construction in February 2020).
