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Anakao is a very small Vezo village situated on a long stretched beach about 40km south of Tulear, in the south of Madagascar. Due to the bad road condition, this remote fishing village is best reached by boat from Tulear. A few tiny hotels along the coastline are the main highlights of the village. Early in the morning countless pirogues leave direction open ocean for fishing and return with their catch in the afternoon. Behind the village are some tombs, decorated with oars/rudders or zebu horns in memory of the deceased. South of the village fragments of eggshells of the world's largest bird, the '''Aepyornis''', can be found (it is illegal to take them out of the country).
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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 the village has helped preserve a traditional Vezo lifestyle amongst its estimated 3,000 inhabitants; one of the highest concentrations of [[Vezo]] people found anywhere around the coastline of Madagascar.'''
  
3 islets are located just outside of Anakao.  
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[[File:Water hole Anakao.jpg|thumb|left|600px|Communal water well at Anakao village]]<br clear="all">
  
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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 shallow water seabed to reach a pirogue or motorboat. Various hotels in Anakao provide transfers that can be booked in Tulear harbour directly from where the boats depart. The fastest transfer is [[Transfert Anakao]].
[[Image:Water_hole_Anakao.jpg|thumb|600px|left|Water hole in Anakao, Madagascar]]
 
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There are a few basic hotels strewn along the coastline of Anakao and past both ends of the village. These are typically simple beach huts, providing a life on the beach experience for visiting tourists. In the early morning hours, countless pirogues can be seen sailing onto the open ocean for fishing trips and return with their catch during the afternoon in clusters of small sailing regattas.
  
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00006.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao villagers]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00003.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao town centre]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00040.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Unidentified chameleon]]</td></tr></table>
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Some very large and ancient tombs can be found behind the village and depending on the profession of the buried they are usually decorated with either oars or zebu horns. South of the village fragments of eggshells from the world's largest bird, the now extinct [[Aepyornis maximus]] or elephant bird, can be found scattered along the beach. It is illegal to bring these shell fragments out of the country.
  
 
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00052.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Oxcart ride to boat transfer]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00005.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00010.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Young Vezo guitarist]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00002.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td></tr>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00002.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Traditional make up]]</td></tr>
 
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00003.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Vezo child at Anakao beach]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00010.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00050.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Trano Mena beach hut]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00011.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00042.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Communal water well]]</td>
 
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Two small nature protected islands, [[Nosy Ve]] and [[Nosy Satrana]], are located close to the coast of Anakao. Both islands are uninhabited and offer no accommodation and can only be visited by day. Boat trips can be arranged usually by fisherman pirogue leaving from the village or via one of the hotels.
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== Hotels and beach huts in Anakao ==
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'''[[Peter Pan]]''' (3 bungalows and 1 loft)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)20 9492140 (Tulear)<br>
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Email: [mailto:chezpeter.pan@gmail.com chezpeter.pan@gmail.com]<br>
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Website: [http://www.peterpanhotel.com www.peterpanhotel.com]<br>
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'''Prince Anakao''' (27 bungalows)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)20 9490199<br>
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Email: [mailto:prince.anakao@gmail.com prince.anakao@gmail.com]<br>
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Website: [http://www.hotelprinceanakao.com www.hotelprinceanakao.com]<br>
  
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'''Bivouac Lalandaka/Chez Olivier''' (6 bungalows)<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00006.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Tel: +260 (0)32 0434142 or +261 (0)32 0227520<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00009.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Email: N/A<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00015.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td></tr>
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'''[[Safari Vezo]]''' (23 bungalows)<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00016.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Tel: +261 (0)20 9441381 (Tulear) or +261 (0)20 9491930 (Anakao)<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00014.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Email: [mailto:safarivezo@moov.mg safarivezo@moov.mg]<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00012.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Website: [http://www.safarivezo.com www.safarivezo.com]<br>
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'''Anakao Ocean Lodge & Spa''' (18 bungalows)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)20 9491957 (Tulear) or +261 (0)20 9492176 (Anakao)<br>
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Email: [mailto:anakaooceanlodge@gmail.com anakaooceanlodge@gmail.com]<br>
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Website: [http://www.anakaooceanlodge.com www.anakaooceanlodge.com]<br>
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'''Chez Solange & Christophe''' (3 rooms)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)32 0418093<br>
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Email: [mailto:lacombe-christian@voila.fr lacombe-christian@voila.fr]<br>
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'''Longo Vezo''' (7 bungalows)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)94 43764 or +261 (0)32 02631<br>
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Email: N/A <!-- mail to longoveza@simicro.mg bounced -->
  
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'''Lalandaka'''<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)20 9491435<br>
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Email: [mailto:lalandaka@moov.mg lalandaka@moov.mg]<br>
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Website: [http://www.lalandaka.com www.lalandaka.com] or [http://www.hotel-lalandaka-anakao.com www.hotel-lalandaka-anakao.com]<br>
  
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'''Trano Mena / Chez Stoick''' (6 bungalows)<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00042.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Tel: +261 (0)32 0213426 or +261 (0)32 0265900 or +261 (0)32 4072000<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00043.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
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Email: [mailto:lalbatros_8@yahoo.fr lalbatros_8@yahoo.fr]<br>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00040.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td></tr>
 
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00039.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00037.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00036.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
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'''Chez Emile''' (6 bungalows)<br>
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Tel: +261 (0)32 0402376<br>
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Email: [mailto:emile@compagniedusud.com emile@compagniedusud.com]
  
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== Photos ==
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00035.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00034.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00033.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td></tr>
 
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00043.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00028.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00025.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Anakao]]</td>
 
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View all [[Images_of_Anakao|Anakao photos]]
  
== Further information ==
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== Additional information ==
  
 
* [http://www.madagascar-library.com/r/709.html Anakao map illustration info at madagascar-library.com]
 
* [http://www.madagascar-library.com/r/709.html Anakao map illustration info at madagascar-library.com]
 
** [http://www.madagascar-library.com/images/700x700/anakao-map-daniel-austin-front.jpg Direct link to the madagascar-library.com map graphic itself]
 
** [http://www.madagascar-library.com/images/700x700/anakao-map-daniel-austin-front.jpg Direct link to the madagascar-library.com map graphic itself]
* [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/madagascar/southern-madagascar/anakao-and-nosy-ve Anakao on Lonely Planet]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfFN8BFtZGk http://www.youtube.com] The graffiti artist Jace visited Anakao and painted the sails of outrigger canoes.
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* [http://andryrajoelinaenaction.over-blog.org/album-1781390.html Andry Rajoelina visits Anakao]

Latest revision as of 08:41, 5 January 2021

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 the village has helped preserve a traditional Vezo lifestyle amongst its estimated 3,000 inhabitants; one of the highest concentrations of Vezo people found anywhere around the coastline of Madagascar.

Communal water well at Anakao village

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 shallow water seabed to reach a pirogue or motorboat. Various hotels in Anakao provide transfers that can be booked in Tulear harbour directly from where the boats depart. The fastest transfer is Transfert Anakao.

There are a few basic hotels strewn along the coastline of Anakao and past both ends of the village. These are typically simple beach huts, providing a life on the beach experience for visiting tourists. In the early morning hours, countless pirogues can be seen sailing onto the open ocean for fishing trips and return with their catch during the afternoon in clusters of small sailing regattas.

Anakao villagers
Anakao town centre
Unidentified chameleon

Some very large and ancient tombs can be found behind the village and depending on the profession of the buried they are usually decorated with either oars or zebu horns. South of the village fragments of eggshells from the world's largest bird, the now extinct Aepyornis maximus or elephant bird, can be found scattered along the beach. It is illegal to bring these shell fragments out of the country.

Oxcart ride to boat transfer
Young Vezo guitarist
Traditional make up
Vezo child at Anakao beach
Trano Mena beach hut
Communal water well

Two small nature protected islands, Nosy Ve and Nosy Satrana, are located close to the coast of Anakao. Both islands are uninhabited and offer no accommodation and can only be visited by day. Boat trips can be arranged usually by fisherman pirogue leaving from the village or via one of the hotels.

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Hotels and beach huts in Anakao

Peter Pan (3 bungalows and 1 loft)
Tel: +261 (0)20 9492140 (Tulear)
Email: chezpeter.pan@gmail.com
Website: www.peterpanhotel.com

Prince Anakao (27 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)20 9490199
Email: prince.anakao@gmail.com
Website: www.hotelprinceanakao.com

Bivouac Lalandaka/Chez Olivier (6 bungalows)
Tel: +260 (0)32 0434142 or +261 (0)32 0227520
Email: N/A

Safari Vezo (23 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)20 9441381 (Tulear) or +261 (0)20 9491930 (Anakao)
Email: safarivezo@moov.mg
Website: www.safarivezo.com

Anakao Ocean Lodge & Spa (18 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)20 9491957 (Tulear) or +261 (0)20 9492176 (Anakao)
Email: anakaooceanlodge@gmail.com
Website: www.anakaooceanlodge.com

Chez Solange & Christophe (3 rooms)
Tel: +261 (0)32 0418093
Email: lacombe-christian@voila.fr

Longo Vezo (7 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)94 43764 or +261 (0)32 02631
Email: N/A

Lalandaka
Tel: +261 (0)20 9491435
Email: lalandaka@moov.mg
Website: www.lalandaka.com or www.hotel-lalandaka-anakao.com

Trano Mena / Chez Stoick (6 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)32 0213426 or +261 (0)32 0265900 or +261 (0)32 4072000
Email: lalbatros_8@yahoo.fr

Chez Emile (6 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)32 0402376
Email: emile@compagniedusud.com

Photos

View all Anakao photos

Additional information