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− | '''Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the | + | '''Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the SAVA region.''' |
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+ | Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures are [[Madagascar Vanilla|vanilla]], coconut and rice farming. Sambava, along with [[Antalaha]] and [[Andapa]], is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export. | ||
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− | + | Activities include a visit to a vanilla plantation and one of the many processing facilities to learn about traditional vanilla production, a guided tour of the [[Soavoanio]] coconut plantation, a visit to Antogopahitra (a small boat across the creek leaves behind Maison Ravilo at Antaimby). | |
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− | + | Every Friday, there is an extended market with various clothing stands appearing on the road between the central taxi-brousse station and the beach. Every Sunday starting early afternoon close to [[Las Palmas|Las Palmas Hotel]] there is a big beach party including dance competitions and occasionally [[Moraingy]] tournaments. | |
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− | + | A domestic airport is located approximately 2km from the town centre with flights connecting [[Antananarivo]], [[Toamasina]] (Tamatave), [[Maroantsetra]] and [[Diego Suarez]]. Scheduled flights are operated by [[Air Madagascar|Tsaradia]] and occasionally [[Madagasikara Airways]]. | |
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Scheduled flight connections are opereted by [[Madagasikara Airways]] and [[Air Madagascar]]. | Scheduled flight connections are opereted by [[Madagasikara Airways]] and [[Air Madagascar]]. | ||
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− | * [[Happy Sambava]] | + | * [[Happy Sambava]] - pastries |
− | * [[Le Capricorne]] | + | * [[Le Capricorne]] - restaurant and event location |
− | * [[Plat Resto de L'Ocean]] | + | * [[Plat Resto de L'Ocean]] - restaurant |
− | * [[Epi-Bar La Vanilla]] | + | * [[Epi-Bar La Vanilla]] - bar, shop and restaurant |
− | * [[Resto Mimi]] - popular with | + | * [[Resto Mimi]] - popular with visitors to Marojejy |
* [[Orchidea Beach II]] - popular with tourists and expats | * [[Orchidea Beach II]] - popular with tourists and expats | ||
* [[Carrefour]] - popular with vanilla traders | * [[Carrefour]] - popular with vanilla traders | ||
− | * [[Chez Orlance]] | + | * [[Chez Orlance]] - restaurant and juice bar |
+ | * [[Gargotte Camila]] | ||
+ | * [[Le Baladin]] - restaurant, bar and night club | ||
== Beach == | == Beach == | ||
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== Hotels and restaurants == | == Hotels and restaurants == | ||
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+ | '''[[Bar Bleue]]'''<br> | ||
+ | Outdoors dinner restaurant<br> | ||
+ | Sambava-Centre | ||
'''[[Hotel Carrefour]]'''<br> | '''[[Hotel Carrefour]]'''<br> | ||
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== Various == | == Various == | ||
− | + | * [[ProGym]] - well equipped fitness centre | |
+ | * [[Colis Express Sambava|Colis Express S.A.]] - courier service by land and air | ||
+ | * [[François' bike repairs]] | ||
+ | * [[Samy_Express#Samy_Express_-_Vedette_Rapid_-_Sambava|Samy Express Head Office]] - boat transfers to/from [[Diego Suarez]] (during rain season only) | ||
+ | * [[Madabike]] rentals | ||
+ | * [[Alliance française Sambava|Alliance française de Sambava]] - French alliance of Sambava | ||
* [[3J Electronic]] PC and parts store | * [[3J Electronic]] PC and parts store | ||
* [[DHL Sambava]] | * [[DHL Sambava]] | ||
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* [[Soavoanio]] | * [[Soavoanio]] | ||
* [[Andron'ny vehivavy Sambava]] (Women's Day) | * [[Andron'ny vehivavy Sambava]] (Women's Day) | ||
+ | * [[Soamazava]] supermarket | ||
+ | * [[Zcom Sambava]] printing service | ||
+ | * [[Pharmacie MAEVA]] - Antanifotsy | ||
+ | * [[Photo SAVA]] - photographic prints and cameras | ||
+ | * [[KOM’SEC]] - sale and repair of IT equipment, PCs, laptops, etc. | ||
== Map of Sambava == | == Map of Sambava == | ||
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== Transport == | == Transport == | ||
− | * [[ | + | * Ralph, English speaking tuktuk (Bajaj) driver: 032 68 662 68 |
− | + | * [[Haja Rabearivelo]] tuktuk (Bajaj) | |
− | * [[ | + | * Hery's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and [[Vohemar]]: 032 87 834 60 |
+ | * Jimmy's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and [[Vohemar]]: 032 40 200 21 | ||
== Additional information == | == Additional information == |
Revision as of 18:08, 10 March 2020
Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the SAVA region.
Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures are vanilla, coconut and rice farming. Sambava, along with Antalaha and Andapa, is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export.
Activities include a visit to a vanilla plantation and one of the many processing facilities to learn about traditional vanilla production, a guided tour of the Soavoanio coconut plantation, a visit to Antogopahitra (a small boat across the creek leaves behind Maison Ravilo at Antaimby).
Every Friday, there is an extended market with various clothing stands appearing on the road between the central taxi-brousse station and the beach. Every Sunday starting early afternoon close to Las Palmas Hotel there is a big beach party including dance competitions and occasionally Moraingy tournaments.
A domestic airport is located approximately 2km from the town centre with flights connecting Antananarivo, Toamasina (Tamatave), Maroantsetra and Diego Suarez. Scheduled flights are operated by Tsaradia and occasionally Madagasikara Airways.
Transport to/from Sambava
Scheduled flight connections are opereted by Madagasikara Airways and Air Madagascar.
Places
- Ambodisatrana market place and Taxi-brousse station direction Antalaha.
Vanilla exporters
Souvenirs
Restaurants, cafes and bars
- Happy Sambava - pastries
- Le Capricorne - restaurant and event location
- Plat Resto de L'Ocean - restaurant
- Epi-Bar La Vanilla - bar, shop and restaurant
- Resto Mimi - popular with visitors to Marojejy
- Orchidea Beach II - popular with tourists and expats
- Carrefour - popular with vanilla traders
- Chez Orlance - restaurant and juice bar
- Gargotte Camila
- Le Baladin - restaurant, bar and night club
Beach
Medical
Hotels and restaurants
Bar Bleue
Outdoors dinner restaurant
Sambava-Centre
Hotel Carrefour
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 (0) 20 889 2060
Mimi Hotel or Resto Mimi (16 rooms, 4 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)32 0761028 or +261 (0)32 04028855
Email: mimi.hotel.resto@gmail.com
La Paillotte - Chez Jo (4 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)20 88 998 94 or +261 (0)32 21 221 21 (mobile)
Las Palmas (6 bungalows, 3 rooms)
Tel: +261 (0)20 8892087 / +261 (0)32 4007372
Email: laspalmas.hotel@gmail.com
www.laspalmas-hotelsambava.com
Hotel l’Ambassadeur - Chez Zoé
Tel: +261 (0)32 0292745 or +261 (0)32 0211347
Email: razafizoe@yahoo.fr
Hotel Orchidea Beach II
Tel: +261 (0)32 0438377
Email: orchideabeach2@yahoo.fr
Florencia
Tel: +261 032 0246621
Hôtel Cantonnais
Tel: N/A
Hotel Melrose
Tel: +261 33 1457479 or cellphone: +261 (0)32 04572
Hôtel Paradis
Tel: +261 208892297 or +261 324012689
Hôtel la Romance de Jupiter
Tel (cellphone): +261 (0)32 0463389
Hotel Noumea
Tel: +261 032 0263586
Hotel le Giroflier
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 32 97 792 10
Various
- ProGym - well equipped fitness centre
- Colis Express S.A. - courier service by land and air
- François' bike repairs
- Samy Express Head Office - boat transfers to/from Diego Suarez (during rain season only)
- Madabike rentals
- Alliance française de Sambava - French alliance of Sambava
- 3J Electronic PC and parts store
- DHL Sambava
- Telma Sambava
- Post Office
- Soavoanio
- Andron'ny vehivavy Sambava (Women's Day)
- Soamazava supermarket
- Zcom Sambava printing service
- Pharmacie MAEVA - Antanifotsy
- Photo SAVA - photographic prints and cameras
- KOM’SEC - sale and repair of IT equipment, PCs, laptops, etc.
Map of Sambava
Sambava Newsfeed
- Symrise helps in Madagascar after Cyclone Gamane - Symrise
- 04-May-2024 07:00
- Vanilla brings cash and crime to Madagascar - The Seattle Times
- 28-Sep-2018 07:00
- In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) - The New York Times
- 27-Oct-2020 07:00
- How fortunes are being made and lost in Madagascar's vanilla boom - ABC News
- 21-Jan-2019 08:00
- Sambava - Madagascar: Wind Storm Situation as of 10/03/2017, Grading Map - ReliefWeb
- 15-Mar-2017 07:00
- Madagascan gold: meet the vanilla hustlers – in pictures - The Guardian
- 31-Mar-2018 07:00
- Chinese doctors perform life-changing surgery on Madagascan patient - China Daily
- 08-Dec-2023 08:00
- Cyclone Batsirai: At least 20 dead in Madagascar - The Washington Post
- 07-Feb-2022 08:00
- Alphabet of Dalit pride: Reviving Sambava, a ‘secret’ ancient language - The News Minute
- 23-Oct-2018 07:00
- Chandy Oommen begins election campaign - The New Indian Express
- 10-Aug-2023 07:00
- As vanilla becomes worth more than silver, crime takes over the Madagascan trade - The Independent
- 20-Oct-2018 07:00
- Tropical Cyclone Enawo Makes Category 4 Landfall; Strongest Madagascar Landfall In 13 Years (RECAP) - The Weather Channel
- 09-Mar-2017 08:00
- Precious as Silver, Vanilla Brings Cash and Crime to Madagascar (Published 2018) - The Indian Express
- 30-Aug-2018 07:00
- Tropical Storm Cheneso, ensuing rain kill 16 in Madagascar - News24
- 27-Jan-2023 08:00
- Collector N Prasanth to prepare package for Perambra Sambava colony - Deccan Chronicle
- 21-Jun-2016 07:00
- Cyclone Enawo: Five dead in Madagascar - BBC
- 09-Mar-2017 08:00
- Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Gamane Flash Update No. 1, 28 March 2024 - Madagascar - ReliefWeb
- 28-Mar-2024 07:00
- Madagascar TC Gamane DREF Operational Update (MDRMG022) - ReliefWeb
- 14-May-2024 07:00
- Kerala school breaks ‘apartheid’ shackles, gets first scholarship winner after 66 years - The New Indian Express
- 10-May-2022 07:00
- Wild times as Madagascar rides vanilla price bubble - Seychelles News Agency
- 23-Aug-2017 07:00
- Call for hartal in Kottayam by CSDS on dalit issue - The Times of India
- 16-Jan-2017 08:00
- Normal life hit as CSDS hartal turns violent in Kottayam - The Times of India
- 17-Jan-2017 08:00
- After decades, Kerala Dalit neighbourhood gets basic facilities, ownership documents - The News Minute
- 07-Mar-2019 08:00
- Once famous for bamboo products, this Kerala village is losing its tradition - The News Minute
- 29-Jan-2020 08:00
- Kozhikode: Educated state fails, Kerala school struggles to break caste barriers - Daijiworld.com
- 10-Oct-2017 07:00
- Hot on his tail: Lemur goes on the run after escaping from animal park - The Mirror
- 17-May-2012 07:00
- Muslim students join 'Dalits only' Kerala school, break caste barriers and effect difference - Maktoob media
- 28-Jun-2019 07:00
- CSDS hartal disrupts normal life in Kottayam - Onmanorama
- 17-Jan-2017 08:00
- Why does this Kerala school have only Dalit students? - Asianet Newsable
- 31-Mar-2018 07:00
Transport
- Ralph, English speaking tuktuk (Bajaj) driver: 032 68 662 68
- Haja Rabearivelo tuktuk (Bajaj)
- Hery's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and Vohemar: 032 87 834 60
- Jimmy's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and Vohemar: 032 40 200 21