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'''Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capitalof the Sambava and Sava SAVA region. The population in 2001 was approximately 40,000. A domestic airport operated by Along with [[Air MadagascarAntalaha]] is located approximately 2km from town, with flights connecting [[AntananarivoAndapa]], and [[TamataveVohemar]], [[Maroantsetra]] Sambava is the centre of vanilla production and [[Diego Suarez]]the source of most of the world's vanilla export.'''
45% of the population in the [[File:Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures are vanilla, coconut and rice farming329. Sambava, along with [[Antalahajpg|600px]] is the centre of vanilla production of which Madagascar is the world's leading producer and exporter.
Recommended activities include is a visit to Almost half of the Lopat vanilla factory, to learn about population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common agricultures are [[Madagascar Vanilla|vanilla production procedures]], the Center for Learning coconut and Understanding English (CLUE) and the large ''bazary kely'' marketplace, especially on Tuesdaysrice farming.
The town has a stunning beach but sometimes with huge and dangerous waves{| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Sambava 331. North of town there is a very beautiful beach which is usually safer for swimming. Watch out for the ''Nephila'' spiders in the trees! Possible nearby excursions include a jpg|600px]]|-|[[taxi-brousseFile:Sambava 036.jpg|196px]] drive to |align="center"|[[NosiarinaFile:Sambava 030.jpg|196px]] and from there a 5-hour boat ride by |align="right"|[[pirogueFile:Sambava 041.jpg|196px]] up|-river to |[[AmboahangibeFile:Sambava 021.jpg|196px]]. Or catch a lift with one of the cargo boats used to transport vanilla pickers during the harvest season. |align="center"|[[Marojejy National ParkFile:Sambava 035.jpg|196px]] can also be reached by road from |align="right"|[[File:Sambava016.jpg|196px]]|}
== Accommodation ==Activities include a visit to a [https://www.madagascarspices.com//vanilla_tour.html vanilla plantation] and one of the many processing facilities to learn about traditional vanilla production, a guided tour of the [[Soavoanio]] coconut plantation, a visit to [[Antongompahitra]] and [[Bemanevika]]. Small boats leaves from behind Maison Ravelo/[[Tandramena]] at Antaimby and costs 1,000 Ar across the creek where "taxi motos" (motorcycle bike drivers) are offered. This is a shortcut to reach [[Bemanevika]] and [[Bemarivo]].
{| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Sambava 001.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Sambava 002.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Sambava 088.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Sambava 076.jpg|196px]]|-|} There are three main market places in different areas of Sambava with each of the market places extended in the mornings once a week: Antaimby on Tuesdays, Ambodisatrana on Fridays and Antanifotsy on Saturdays. <HTML5video type="youtube">669rPv9lKxU</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">TqyaZmFG-jM</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">mmDnextBpjA</HTML5video> Every Sunday from early afternoon close to there is a beach party with several beach bars, small hand powered ferris wheels, gambling stalls etc. Some Sundays there is [[Moraingy]] in Analamandrorofo along the road between Antaimby and Antanifotsy. [[File:Sambava 132.jpg|600px]] [[File:Sambava 330.jpg|600px]] [[File:Sambava 142.jpg|600px]] <HTML5video type="youtube">ofSMT2-wkqA</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">umwioiGgEtU</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">IcyAAbUn4hA</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">ihy-N9Y1NcY</HTML5video> <HTML5video type="youtube">lk0sPoycpZw</HTML5video> A domestic airport is approximately 1 km from the town centre with flights connecting [[Antananarivo]], [[Toamasina]] (Tamatave), [[Maroantsetra]] and [[Diego Suarez]]. Scheduled flights are operated by [[Air Madagascar|Tsaradia]] and [[Madagasikara Airways]]. == Transport to/from Sambava == <HTML5video type="youtube">QQfApRMCrvU</HTML5video> * Scheduled flight connections are opereted by [[Madagasikara Airways]] and [[Air Madagascar]].* [[Samy_Express#Samy_Express_-_Vedette_Rapid_-_Sambava|Samy Express Head Office]] - boat transfers to/from [[Diego Suarez]] (during rain season only). == Places == * [[Ambodisatrana Sambava|Ambodisatrana]] market place and [[Taxi-brousse]] station direction [[Antalaha]]. == Sambava vanilla exporters == * [[Madagascar Spices]]* [[Biovanilla]]* [[Bemiray]]* [[Madagascar Flavors]]* [[Madex Vanille]] == Souvenirs == * [[Mme Olivia]]* [[Madacrafts]] == Medical == * [[Pharmacie Manantenasoa]] - Sambava-Centre* [[Pharmacie Janga]] - Ambodisatrana* [[Pharmacie MEVA]] - Antanifotsy* [https://web.facebook.com/CHRR-Besopaka-Sambava-118653872852496/ Besopaka Hospital] == Sambava restaurants, cafes and bars == <HTML5video type="youtube">Cf2oxe0k6bc</HTML5video> * [[Arc en Ciel]] - Bar and restaurant with live music and karaoke * [[Soa Sakafo Gasy]]* [[O'Delice de Mily]]* [[Chez Sophie]]* [[Sunset Bar]] Ampandrozonana* [[Gargotte Sylvia Sambava]] in the Ampandrozonana district* [[Happy Sambava]] - pastries* [[Le Capricorne]] - restaurant and event location* [[Epi-Bar La Vanilla]] - bar, shop and restaurant* [[Resto Mimi]] - popular with visitors to Marojejy* [[Orchidea Beach II]] - popular with tourists and expats* [[Carrefour]] - popular with vanilla traders* [[Chez Orlance]] - restaurant and juice bar* [[Gargotte Camila]]* [[Le Baladin]] - restaurant, bar and night club* [[Gargotte Ezaka]] - breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Antanifotsy district of Sambava* [[Tasty Box]] - burgers, fries, coffee, cupcakes, donuts - opened in 2020 it is the first fast-food restaurant in Sambava* [[La Rosace]] - simple roofed outdoors breakfast and lunch eatery in central Sambava* [[Bar Bleue]] - outdoors dinner restaurant in Sambava centre* [[Zaza Mila Vola]] - large menu with only Malagasy food, open daily* [[Tao Fy]] - restaurant, bar and cafe in the Antanifotsy district of Sambava == Sambava Beach == <HTML5video type="youtube" width="400" height="300">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video> [[File:Sambava 318.jpg|600px]] == Sambava hotels and restaurants == '''[[Hotel Sky Blue]]'''<br>Ambodisatrana '''[[Hotel Hazavola]]'''<br>Sambava-Centre<br>Tel: +261 (0) 32 03 002 08 '''[[Identic.MG]]'''<br>Antohomaro, Sambava<br>Tel: +261 (0) 32 54 566 67 '''[[Hotel Carrefour]]'''<br>Sambava-Centre<br>Tel: +261 (0) 20 889 2060 '''[[Mimi Hotel]] or Resto Mimi''' (16 rooms, 4 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 0761028 or +261 (0)32 04028855<br>Email: [mailto:mimi.hotel.resto@gmail.com mimi.hotel.resto@gmail.com] '''[[La Paillotte - Chez lJo]]'Ambassadeur'' (4 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)20 88 998 94 or +261 (0)32 21 221 21 (mobile) '''[[Las Palmas]]'''(6 bungalows, 3 rooms)<br>Tel: +261 (0)20 8892087 / +261 (cellphone0)32 4007372<br>Email: [mailto:laspalmas.hotel@gmail.com laspalmas.hotel@gmail.com]<br>[http://laspalmas-hotelsambava.com www.laspalmas-hotelsambava.com] '''Hotel l’Ambassadeur - Chez Zoé'''<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 0292745 or +261 (0)32 0211347<br>Email: [mailto:razafizoe@yahoo.fr razafizoe@yahoo.fr] '''[[Orchidea Beach II|Hotel Orchidea Beach II]]'''<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 0438377<br>Email: [mailto:orchideabeach2@yahoo.fr orchideabeach2@yahoo.fr] <!-- orchideabeach2@wanadoo.mg, mail to orchideabeach2@moov.mg bounced -->
'''Florencia'''<br>
Tel: N/A
'''Hôtel Carrefour'''<br>Tel: +261 8892060 or +261 8892322 '''Hôtel [[Hotel Melrose]]'''<br>
Tel: +261 33 1457479 or cellphone: +261 (0)32 04572
 
'''Hôtel Orchidea Beach II'''<br>
Tel: +261 88 92324 or cellphone: +261 (0)32 0438377<br>
Email: [mailto:orchideabeach2@wanadoo.mg orchideabeach2@wanadoo.mg] <!-- orchideabeach2@moov.mg bounced -->
'''Hôtel Paradis'''<br>
Tel: +261 032 0263586
'''Las Palmas[[Hotel le Giroflier]]'''<br>Sambava-Centre<br>Tel: +261 208892087 / +261 32400737232 97 792 10 == Various ==* [[École de coupe et couture]] - Rollina's tailoring school* [[Dr Gervais]]* [[Prulab]] - vanilla analysis laboratory* [[Tsara Lay]] - bespoke mosquito-net tailoring* [[CLUE]] - Center for Learning and Understanding English* [[Alliance française Sambava|Alliance française de Sambava]] - French alliance of Sambava* [[Sambava Post Office|Post Office]]* [[Colis Express Sambava|Colis Express S.A.]] - courier service by land and air* [[DHL Sambava]]* [[Telma Sambava]]* [[ProGym]] - well equipped fitness centre* [[François' bike repairs]]* [[Madabike]] rentals* [[3J Electronic]] - PC and parts store* [[Zcom Sambava]] - printing service* [[Photo SAVA]] - photographic prints and cameras* [[KOM’SEC]] - sale and repair of IT equipment, PCs, laptops, etc.* [[Soamazava]] supermarket* [[Rambo]] - camping equipment store and more.* [[Soavoanio]] - coconut plantation and producer of various coconut-based products* [[Andron'ny vehivavy Sambava]] - Women's Day* [[Duke Lemur Center|Duke Lemur Center SAVA Conservation]] - project dedicated to preserving the natural biodiversity of Madagascar* [[Lemur Conservation Foundation]] - conservation of [[Marojejy|Marojejy National Park]] and critically endangered lemurs* [[Sambatex]] - general store, hardware, electronics, household goods etc. == Radio channels ==* [[RNA Sambava]]* [[Radio Vanille]]* [[Radio Fiaingana Vaovao]]* [[Radio Beton Armé SAVA]]* [[Radio Tropique]] == Map of Sambava == <brdiv style="max-width:600px;">Email{{#display_map: [mailto-14.254318, 50.157051~Sambava~~;|centre=-14.262258171448437,50.15662184655761|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=14|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https:laspalmas//www.hotel@gmailmadacamp.com laspalmas/images/madagascar/Green_marker.hotel@gmail.compng}}</div> == Transport == * Ralph, English speaking tuktuk (Bajaj) driver: +261 (0)32 68 662 68* [[Haja Rabearivelo]] tuktuk (Bajaj): +261 (0)32 61 052 53 * Hery's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and [[Vohemar]]: +261 (0)32 87 834 60* Jimmy's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and [[Vohemar]]: +261 (0)32 40 200 21* [[Sambava Airport]] == Additional information == * [[Sambava photos]] or* [[mailtoSambava videos]] == Sambava Newsfeed == <rss template="Google-feed" filterout="movie penguins deprecated">http:las//news.palmas@lapostegoogle.net las.palmas@laposte.net]com/news?q=sambava&hl=en&gl=us&um=1&ie=UTF-8&output=rss</rss> __NOTOC__
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