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Google: 12°17'15.4"S 49°17'29.5"E<br>Garmin: -12.287617, 287617S 49.291534291534E
Google: 12°19'29.5"S 49°15'25.3"E<br>Garmin: -12.324852, 324852S 49.2570325703E
Google: 12°19'34.3"S 49°14'47.2"E<br>Garmin: -12.326198, 326198S 49.246456246456E
Google: 12°19'43.8"S 49°12'48.3"E<br>Garmin: -12.328835, 328835S 49.213407213407E
Google: 12°19'29.5"S 49°11'20.3"E<br>Garmin: -12.324849, 324849S 49.188979188979E
Google: 12°18'43.5"S 49°11'17.5"E<br>Garmin: -12.312076, 312076S 49.188192188192E
Google: 12°18'03.8"S 49°11'10.3"E<br>Garmin: -12.301042, 299552S 49.186183186046E
Google: 12°17'58.4"S 49°11'09.8"E<br>Garmin: -12.299552, 49.186046 Google: 12°17'58.4"S 49°11'09.8"E<br>Garmin: -12.299552, 299552S 49.186046186046E
Google: 12°17'2512.9"S 49°10'51290536S 49.2"E 180897E and 12°17'2612.290541S 49.0180890E {| class="S 49°10'51.2imageTable"E<br>Garmin|-|colspan="3" | [[File: Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_012.jpg|600px]]|-12|[[File:Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_016.290536, 49jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_017.180897 and -12jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_014.290541, 49.180890 jpg|196px]]|}
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Google: 12°16'59.8"S 49°10'55.6"E<br>
Garmin: -12.283275, 49.182120
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Google: 12°16'07.4"S 49°11'24.8"E<br>Garmin: -12.268729, 268729S 49.190218190218E
Google: 12°15'58.3"S 49°11'45.1"E<br>
Garmin: -12.266181, 49.195869
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Google: 12°15'32.5"S 49°11'50.2"E<br>Garmin: -12.259018, 262233S 49.197274193432E
Google: 12°15'31.7"S 49°11'51.4"E<br>Garmin: -12.258810, 258555S 49.197596197791E
Google: 12°15'30.8"S 49°11'52.1"E<br>Garmin: -12.258555, 249763S 49.197791201505E
Google: 12°14'59.2"S 49°12'05.4"E<br>
Garmin: -12.249763, 49.201505
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Google: 12°14'43.7"S 49°12'09.7"E<br>Garmin: -12.245475, 245475S 49.202699 202699E
Google: 12°14'41.6"S 49°12'09.0"Ecrossing<br>Garmin: turn right direction Cap Diego and French Military Cemetery (Cimetière Militaire Français) -10km<br>12.244884, 49.202488202488E
Google: 12°14'44.0"S 49°12'16.5"E<br>
Garmin: -12.245565, 49.204569
Google: 12°14'49.1"S 49°12'34.7"E<br>
Garmin: -12.246976, 49.209639
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Google: 12°14'46.5"S 49°13'24.9"E<br>
Garmin: -12.246247, 49.223587
Google: 12°15'01.5"S 49°13'36.4"E<br>
Garmin: -12.250409, 49.226782
Google: 12°15'11.0"S 49°13'44.2"E<br>
Garmin: -12.253066, 49.228956
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Google: 12°15'01.0"S 49°14'30.0"E<br>Garmin: -12.250269, 253066S 49.241679228956E
Military airbase Andrakaka<br>
Google: 12°14'57.9"S 49°14'42.2"E<br>
Garmin: -12.249429, 49.245055
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Google: 12°14'52.2"S 49°15'33.4"E<br>
Garmin: -12.247840, 49.259268
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Google[[Military airfield Andrakaka]]<br>12.249429S 49.245055E [[File:Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_060.jpg|600px]] 12.247519S 49.255075E [[File: 12°14'54Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_063.jpg|600px]] 12.5"S 49°16'17247840S 49.1"E<br>259268E Garmin[[File: -Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_066.jpg|600px]] 12.248460, 248460S 49.271411271411E
Google: 12°15'21.9"S 49°16'49.2"E<br>Garmin: -12.256091, 256091S 49.280334280334E
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'''There are many things to discover in the area surrounding [[Diego Suarez]]. For enthusiastic mountain bikers, a trip to [[Cap Diego]] is just the right thing. The small, sometimes good and sometimes bad road leads along the Diego Suarez Bay (Antsiranana Bay).'''
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== Tour data ==
Distance: 46.2km / 28.7 miles<br>
Duration: 8 hours, 7 minutes<br>
Average Speed: 5.57km/h / 3.4 mph<br>
Minimum Elevation: 7m / 23 feet<br>
Maximum Elevation: 69.7m / 229 feet<br>
Total climb: 370m / 1213 feet<br>
Total descent: 372m / 1219 feet<br>
The Diego Suarez to Cap Diego bike ride takes about 5 hours, allowing for many stops to enjoy the magnificent views onto the bay and hinterland. The road offers all kinds of condition: small gravel, large gravel, dirt road, old asphalt road or a simple trail. At some sections the road is impassable and it is better to push the bike. Depending on the season, the weather can be very hot and windy.
For this bike tour it is essential to have a good mountain bike. <!--[[Diego Raid]]-->[[Madabike]] in the centre of Diego Suarez rents out bicycles on a daily basis.
== Route description ==
The bike excursion starts in Diego Suarez. After leaving the town towards the south, one turns right in the direction of [[Anamakia]]. On the way to this small village, one passes the large [[Plaine d'Anamakia]], a wide open space which is used as grazing land for hundreds of zebus. At the western end of Anamakia is a bar, where just across the square women sell delicious mangoes when the season is right (usually October through January).
A short bike ride from Anamakia are the large salt marshes of the [[Salines d'Antsahampano]]. After passing the fields one comes to a crossing with a police checkpoint. Going straight leads to [[Nosy Hara National Park]] via Ampasindava (16km), going right to Cap Diego (21km). From now on the condition of the road changes every couple of kilometres. After passing some houses on the left, one should turn right. About 11km later, a sign points towards Cap Diego and the French Military Cemetery (Cimetière Militaire Français, 10km).
After passing the [[military airfield Andrakaka]], the road is in good condition again. The remaining bike ride to Cap Diego is very quick and easy. At Cap Diego one can follow the road and pass through the military grounds. Against a fee, it is possible to visit the ruins of the former military station and some caves. For those not interested in history and old buildings should just turn right before the tollbar. A trail leads through some houses to the small harbour, from where scheduled boats leave straight to Diego Suarez (2,000 Ariary per person in 2017).
== Detailed route with geographic coordinates ==
[[Antsiranana]] - Diego Suarez<br>
Plaine d'Anamakia<br>
[[Anamakia]]<br>
[[File:Diego_Suarez_to_Cap_Diego_by_bike_010.jpg|600px]]
[[Salines d'Antsahampano]]<br>
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crossing with police checkpoint<br>
turn right<br>
21km to Cap Diego<br>
16km to [[Nosy Hara|Nosy Hara National Park]] via [[Ampasindava]]<br>
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crossing with some houses<br>
12.283275S 49.182120E
12.269507S 49.190078E
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12.266181S 49.195869E
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12.247537S 49.202063E
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12.245565S 49.204569E
12.246976S 49.209639E
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12.248743S 49.216482E
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12.246247S 49.223587E
12.250409S 49.226782E
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12.254055S 49.230331E
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12.250269S 49.241679E
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[[Cap Diego]]<br>
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Back to Diego Suarez by boat
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<!--Why not indulge in a bit of luxury after a long and likely hot bike ride by chilling at the pool of the newly built [[Hotel de la Poste Ocean]] after checking into one of their rooms facing the ocean with a magnificent view over the bay?-->
== Photos ==
View all [[Diego Suarez to Cap Diego by bike photos]]
== Madabike ==
More bike routes and bicycle rental: [http://www.Madabike.com Madabike.com]
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