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'''Melissa Express offers scheduled boat transfer between [[Toamasina]] (Tamatave), [[Sainte Marie]] and [[Maroantsetra]]. The company has two fiberglass boats, each fitting about 60 passengers.''' {| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Melissa Express 001.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Melissa Express 002.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Melissa Express 003.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Melissa Express 004.jpg|196px]]|-|[[File:Melissa Express 005.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Melissa Express 007.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Melissa Express 006.jpg|196px]]|} The boat from Maroantsetra to Toamasina goes each Friday and Monday and the price for a ticket is 180,000 Ariary per person (in 2015). The price inludes a 4-hour car transfer to [[Soanierana Ivongo]], a small town 163km north along the RN5, from where the Melissa Express leaves. <HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">URFIF_EkGeM</HTML5video> Usually passengers are told to come around midnight to the boat, but one shouldn't be surprised if the departure is delayed until 2am. Hotel Concorde at the [[taxi-brousse]] station offers simple clean rooms where one can rest until the final departure. The Melissa Express takes about 8 hours to Maroantsetra with a stop in [[Mananara]]. [[File:Melissa Express 008.jpg|600px]]  [[File:Melissa Express 019.jpg|200px|left]]'''Ticket office in Toamasina'''<br>Phone: +261 (032) 4474303 (mobile) and +261 (033) 1873272 (mobile)<br>Email: [mailto:melissaexpress1@gmail.com melissaexpress1@gmail.com] - English mails however seem to disappear in the spam folder<br> View all [[Melissa Express photos]] <!--Incorrect: <googlemap version="0.9" lat="-18.95042" lon="48.41872" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;">-18.95042, 48.41872Melissa Express</googlemap> GPS coordinates: S 18°57.025' E 048°25.123' -->