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'''Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the Sambava and Sava region. The population of the town of Sambava and district was 321,058 in 2015.'''

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-14.260827" lon="50.149713" zoom="14" scale="yes" controls="large">-14.254318, 50.157051Sambava</googlemap> Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures are [[Madagascar Vanilla|vanilla]], coconut and rice farming. Sambava, along with [[Antalaha]], is the centre of vanilla production and the source of much of the world's vanilla as Madagascar is the world's leading vanilla exporter. [[File:Sambava 132.jpg|600px]] [[File:Sambava 142.jpg|600px]] Activities include a visit to the Lopat vanilla factory to learn about traditional vanilla production, the Center for Learning and Understanding English (CLUE) and the large ''bazary kely'' marketplaceexport.

The town has a stunning beach with sometimes with huge and dangerous waves. Every Sunday there is a big beach party. Nearby excursions include a [[taxi-brousse]] drive to [[Nosiarina]] including various events, such as cockfighting, dance competitions and from thereon a 5-hour boat ride by [[pirogue]] up-river to [[AmboahangibeMoraingy|kickboxing]]tournaments. AlternativelyEvery Friday, catch a lift there is an extended market with one of various clothing stands appearing on the road between the cargo boats used to transport vanilla pickers during central taxi-brousse station and the harvesting season. [[Marojejy National Park]] can be reached by road from Sambavabeach.

[[File:Sambava 132.jpg|600px]] [[File:Sambava 142.jpg|600px]] <table cellpaddingHTML5video type="0youtube" cellspacing>ofSMT2-wkqA</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="5" style="border:1px solid #cccccc;youtube">umwioiGgEtU<tr><td/HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">umwioiGgEtUIcyAAbUn4hA</youtubeHTML5video> <brHTML5video type="youtube">Dance contest at the weekly Sambava beach partyihy-N9Y1NcY</tdHTML5video> </trHTML5video type="youtube">lk0sPoycpZw</tableHTML5video> Nearby excursions include a [[taxi-brousse]] drive to [[Nosiarina]] and from thereon a 5-hour boat ride by [[pirogue]] up-river to [[Amboahangibe]]. Alternatively, catch a lift with one of the cargo boats used to transport vanilla pickers during the harvesting season. [[Marojejy National Park]] can be reached by road from Sambava.

* [[Ambodisatrana Sambava|Ambodisatrana]] market place and [[Taxi-brousse]] station direction to [[Antalaha]].

== Restaurants , cafes and bars == <HTML5video type="youtube">Cf2oxe0k6bc</HTML5video>

'''[[Orchidea Beach II|Hotel Orchidea Beach II]]'''<br>