<googlemap version'''The village of Fampotabe is located along a bay on the western side of the Masoala Peninsula. The village is not directly on the coastline but a several kilometres long and beautiful beach is within close walking distance. Fampotabe is named after the Fampotabe river, which flows into the ocean on the east side of the village.''' {| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="03" | [[File:Fampotabe 053.9jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Fampotabe 009.jpg|196px]]|align="center" lat|[[File:Fampotabe 028.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Fampotabe 012.jpg|196px]]|-13|[[File:Fampotabe 013.437709jpg|196px]]|align="center" lon|[[File:Fampotabe 037.jpg|196px]]|align="48right"|[[File:Fampotabe 035.jpg|196px]]|} Fampotabe has a Public Primary School. The encouraging slogan of the school is "À coeur vaillnt rien d'impossible" - "With a valiant heart nothing is impossible". [[File:Fampotabe 008.jpg|600px]] There are various well stocked shops and small ''hôtely''' (restaurant) along the sandy main road. The villagers live from fishing and farming, especially cloves. Throughout the months of October and November the cloves are picked and thereafter prepared for drying in the sun. In those months there will be an intense scent of cloves in the entire village. {| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Fampotabe 042.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Fampotabe 001.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Fampotabe 057.449707jpg|196px]]|align="right" controls|[[File:Fampotabe 020.jpg|196px]]|-|} The nearby village of [[Namantoana]] can be reached within an hour by foot. <div style="largemax-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-15.937173, 50.139197~'''Fampotabe'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=15|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</div> [[File:Fampotabe077.jpg|600px]] The next village direction south is [[Antezampafana]]. The next village direction north is [[Namantoana]]. '''GPS coordinates'''<br>S 15°56.205<br>E050°08.328</googlemapbr>8m elevation == Photos == View all [[Fampotabe photos]] == Additional information == * 7 days trek from [[Maroantsetra Antalaha trek around the Masoala peninsula|Maroantsetra to Antalaha around the Masoala peninsula]] - The village of Fampotabe lies on the path sneaking around the Masoala Peninsula.