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'''Ile aux Nattes (Nosy Natoor Nosy Nanto) is a small island located south of [[Ile Sainte Marie ]] (Nosy Boroha) off the east coast of Madagascar. This carfree car-free idyllic holiday island beach paradise can easily be easily reached by pirogue, starting near leaving from the beach southwest of the airport of runway on Ile Sainte Marie. The transfer is inexpensive and does not take very longlonger than a couple of minutes. '''
{| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00001.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00005.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00006.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00007.jpg|196px]]|} Ile aux Nattes has many sandy beaches, with the best beeing at in the north of the island. An eight kilometres walk around the island takes about three hours at low tide. Tiny villages and an amazing flora can be discovered during the walk. Ile aux Nattes is well known for its <i>l'orchidee rose</i> 'The Queen of Madagascar'' - a two metres tall orchid with pink flowers.Some groups of lemurs can be found on the island. Some of the best reefs in the Malagasy region can be found near Ile aux Nattes. La Pagode is a large coral formation up to twelve metres deep. {| class="imageTable"|-|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00002.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00003.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Ile_aux_Nattes_00004.jpg|196px]]|} One of Napoleon's sons, a Malagasy chief customary, was living on the island. It was him who found out that the island has been recorded under the wrong name at the town council arround 1840. Instead of Nosy Nanto, the name Ile aux Nattes was written in the records. Nanto refers to a tree which grew in abundance on the island in those days. Its wood, which is very hard, has been used for navy carpentry. Ile aux Nattes means "the island with the plaits". == Accommodation on Ile aux Nattes == <b>Maningory</b> (7 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 57 04069, +261 (0)32 07090<br>Email: [mailto:maningoryhotel@wanadoo.mg maningoryhotel@wanadoo.mg]<br>Website: [http://www.maningory.com www.maningory.com] <b>Baboo Village</b> (14 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 5704207, +261 (0)32 0479126<br>Website: [http://www.baboo-village.com www.baboo-village.com] <b>Meva Paradis</b> (6 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 4680281Email: [mailto:hotel@mevaparadis.com hotel@mevaparadis.com]<br>Website: [http://www.mevaparadis.com www.mevaparadis.com] <b>Les Lemuriens</b> (10 huts) <b>Chez Regine</b> (6 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 57 04214 <b>Chez Titi</b> <b>La Petite Traversée</b><br>Email: [mailto:booking@madxperience.com booking@madxperience.com] <div style="max-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-17.107222, 49.805232~'''Ile aux Nattes'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=12|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</div> == Additional information == View all [[Ile aux Nattes photos]]