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The road and sometimes trail thereafter continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river, through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until Farahalana, where the RN5a turns north back to Sambava.
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The road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river and thereafter runs through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until reaching Farahalana, where the RN5a turns north back to Sambava.
  
 
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Revision as of 04:29, 24 August 2020

Turning left onto a secondary road north of Sambava, this route runs along hilltops with great panoramic views of the surrounding landscapes until reaching the villages of Antisraka and Ambohimitsinjo.

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The road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river and thereafter runs through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until reaching Farahalana, where the RN5a turns north back to Sambava.

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During times of much rain, the road along the river between Ambodimanga and Farahalana gets very muddy and more or less unbikeable in places.

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Tour data

Day: 23rd August 2020
Distance: 56.4 kilometres
Duration: 5 hours and 43 minutes
Average speed : 9.9 km/h
Minimum elevation: 10 metres
Maximum elevation: 86 metres
Total climb: 385 metres
Total descent: 381 metres

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