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'''Maroantsetra is a town on the north east coast of Madagascar overlooking [[Antongil Bay]], which by its 60×30 kilometres area is the second largest bay in Madagascar. Maroantsetra is at the northern end of this bay.'''
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The estimated population of the town and surrounding area is 22,503 (2005).
[[Betsimisaraka]] and [[Tsimihety]] tribes comprise the majority of the population in Maroantsetra. Maroantsetra literaly means "many spears" in Malagasy language.
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Maroantsetra is the main entry point to the [[Masoala National Park]] and [[Nosy Mangabe]] Special Reserve as well as the location of the [[Madagascar National Parks]] authority headquarters.
Daily life is determined by agricultural cycles, such as the plantation, gathering, processing and trade of vanilla and other spices.
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== Accommodation Hotels and restaurants ==
'''[[Coco Beach]]''' (10 bungalows)<br>
Reservations office in Maroantsetra map: https://goo.gl/maps/ETjwD <!-- https://www.google.de/maps/@-15.729615,49.959276,497m/data=!3m1!1e3 --><br>
Tampolodge in Masoala map: https://goo.gl/maps/TD9rW<br>
Tel: +261 (0)331 924207 / +261 (0)32 4271337 / +261 (0)34 3174797 / +261 (0)32 7795486<br>
Email: [mailto:tampolodge@yahoo.fr tampolodge@yahoo.fr] / [mailto:giuseppe.masoala@gmail.com giuseppe.masoala@gmail.com]
'''[[Hippocampe|l'Hippocampe]]'''<br>
S 15°42.943'<br>
E049°57.690'<br>
Email: [mailto:madahippocampe@live.fr madahippocampe@live.fr]<br>
Tel: +261 (0)32 86 938 84 / +261 (0)32 70 346 95
'''[[Masoala Village Lodge]]'''<br>
S 15°42.885'<br>
E049°57.726'<br>
Tel: +261 (0)32 86 938 84
'''[[Masoala Forest Lodge]]'''
'''Manga Beach Hotel'''<br>
'''La Pagode ''' (7 bungalows)
'''[[Florida Snack]]'''
== How to get from [[Antananarivo]] to Maroantsetra ==
The third option is a combination of taxi-brousse and boat transfer. There are numerous taxi-brousses leaving Tana direction Toamasina in the early morning hours. For those who don't want to wait until the taxi-brousse is finally filled up with enough passengers or simply want to have a seat for themselves should go by [[Cotisse Transport]]. The ticket is slightly more expensive (24,000 Ariary in 2015), but the buses leave on time and have free Wifi. The Tana-Toamasina stretch takes between 6 and 8 hours. In Toamasina one can jump on a [[pousse-pousse]] to get to the [[Melissa Express]] office. Melissa Express offers boat services between Toamasina and Maroantsetra. As the boat goes only twice a week, one should not hesitate to buy one of the rare tickets (180,000 Ariary in 2015). The boat leaves from [[Soanierana Ivongo]], a small town 163km north of Toamasina. The transfer to the boat takes about 4 hours and is included in the ticket price. A regular taxi-brousse costs (10,000 Ariary, 2015). From Soanierana Ivongo the boat leaves after midnight usually between 2am and 3am and arrives after a stop in [[Mananara]] about 8 hours later in Maroantsetra.
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== Guides located in Maroantsetra ==
* [[Claudio Ramiandry]]
* [[Pascal]] from https://masoalaexpedition.wordpress.com
* [[Moses]] from [[Madagascar Safari Tour Guide]]
* [[Jean Emile]] from [[Masoala Nature Guide]]
== Radio ==
* [[RNA Maroantsetra|RNA]]
== Printing & Internet ==
* [[Arobase]]
== People ==
* [[Liva]]
* [[Giuseppe and Njara]]
* [[Synelle Malazamanana]]
* Rakoto Vazaha
== Additional information and links ==
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY8Xa7yNZmo
* [[Maroantsetra Antalaha trek|5 days trek]] from Maroantsetra to [[Antalaha]]
* 7 days [[Maroantsetra Antalaha trek around the Masoala peninsula]]
* View all [[Maroantsetra photos]]
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