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'''Sakalava Bay (Baie des Sakalava) is a popular destination for windsurfing and kitesurfing located approximately 16 kilometres from [[Diego Suarez]] on the northeast coast of Madagascar.'''

<HTML5video type="youtube">6d9gmBRSvn0</HTML5video> Sakalava Bay is easily accessible by car. Coming from [[Diego Suarez]], there is after ten kilometres there is a junction at the small village of [[Ankorikakely]] (respectively eight kilometres from [[Ramena]]). From there on from where an unpaved sandy road leads for another six kilometres to Sakalava Bay. Alternatively it is possible to walk to Sakalava Bay from the village of Ramena via [[Baie des Dunes]], and [[Baie des Pigeons]] to Sakalava Bay. This nature walk takes between 2.5 and 3 hours.

[[File:Sakalava_bay21.jpg|600px]] The beach of at Sakalava Bay is several kilometres long. On the far south side mangroves are growing. The waters area around a rocky islet are is best suited for kite- and windsurfing. During low tide sandbanks emerge in the bay. A trail leaving from the north side of the beach leads to another two unnamed beaches, of which teh the second one is the most beautiful.

Currently there There are two hotels along various kitesurfing schools with accommodation directly on the beachof Sakalava Bay, the building of a third one is scheduled for spring 2013. The amongst them [[Sakalava Lodge as well as the ]], [[Royal Sakalava have a windsurfing ]] and kitesurfing centre[[KiteParadise]]. Additional schools such as [[Mada Ocean Kite & Windsurf]] and [[La Case en Falafy Kitesurf]] with accommodation in [[Ramena]]. Next to the hotels are small local restaurants, offering basic meals such as seafood and coconut rice to day trippersvisitors of the beach.  <div style="max-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-12.270064, 49.39333~'''Sakalava Bay'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=13|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes}}</div> [[File:La Case en Falafy 035. jpg|600px]] == Accommodation / Kitesurf schools ==

'''[[Varatraza|Varatraza Wind Riders Ecolodge]]'''<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-12.258825" lon="49.377022" type="satellite" zoom="13" controls="large"br>-12.270064, 49.39333Sakalava Bay<br>Tel : +261 (0)32 40 470 69<br>Skype: skypeniceole</googlemapbr>Email: [mailto:niceole@varatraza.com niceole@varatraza.com]

'''[[Sakalava Lodge|Sakalava LodgeLa Case en Falafy Kitesurf]]''' (14 bungalows[[Ramena]])<br>Tel : +261 32 28 782 74 (0Tsiry)20 8292152 / +261 32 67 270 29 (0Maba)20 8290795 / +261 (0)32 0590795 02 674 33 (mobileLala)<br>Website: [http://www.sakalavakitesurf-casenfalafy.com|www.sakalavakitesurf-casenfalafy.com]

'''[[KiteParadise]]'''<br>Tel: +852 94 35 51 04<br>Website: [http://www.kiteparadise-madagascar.com www.kiteparadise-madagascar.com] '''[[Royal Sakalava]] ''' (17 bungalows)<br>

Website: [http://www.royalsakalava.com|www.royalsakalava.com]<br> '''[[Sakalava Lodge]]''' (15 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 67 385 95 (mobile)<br>Website: [http://www.sakalava.com www.sakalava.com]<br> '''[[Ocean Lodge]]'''<br>Sakalava Bay<br>Tel +261 034 46 577 85<br>Email: [mailto:oceanlodge.kite@gmail.com oceanlodge.kite@gmail.com]<br>Website: https://kitesurf-madagascar.com == Video == <HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">Mx79aFGSlXY</HTML5video> == Photos == View all [[Sakalava Bay photos]]

'''Photos'''== Additional information ==* View all [[Sakalava Bay photos]http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/blown-away-kitesurfing-in-madagascar Blown away: Kitesurfing in Madagascar]By Jonathan Lessware / The National (UAE), 3rd December 2010.__NOTOC__