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'''Shortly after leaving Sambava direction north along RN5a, turning left onto a secondary road, the route runs up and down and along hills with great panoramic views until the villages of Antisraka and Ambohimitsinjo. Thereafter the road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river, passing through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until reaching Farahalana along RN5a, which runs north back to Sambava.'''
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'''Turning left onto a secondary road just north of Sambava, this route runs along hilltops with stunning views of the surrounding hillscapes until the villages of Antisraka and Ambohimitsinjo.'''
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The road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through nature, vanilla plantations and along rice fields until the Maheva river. The route thereafter runs through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until arriving at [[Farahalana]] where the RN5a turns north back to Sambava.
  
 
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During the rainy season, the road along the river until Farahalana is very muddy and more or less bikeable in places.
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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 ==
 
== Tour data ==

Revision as of 09:25, 24 August 2020

Turning left onto a secondary road just north of Sambava, this route runs along hilltops with stunning views of the surrounding hillscapes until the villages of Antisraka and Ambohimitsinjo.

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Sambava-Ambohimitsinjo-Farahalana-Sambava by bike map.jpg

The road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through nature, vanilla plantations and along rice fields until the Maheva river. The route thereafter runs through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until arriving at 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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