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'''Whether exploring a national park in the SAVA region or just travelling through Sambava, the de facto world capital of vanilla agriculture, a tour of a vanilla plantation combined with a visit to a vanilla production and export facility will can give visitors an insight into the lenghty and labour intensive process of transforming the green fruits of the vanilla orchid into a fragrant black natural vanilla spice that is the much appreciated ingredient in quality ice creams, pastries and along with countless other food products.'''
What can be seen depends on the activities that are happening at the time of visiting. Between May and June, the picking of green vanilla beans is done across plantations on the northwest coast around Sambava, Antalaha and Vohemar as well as further inland, while at higher altitudes, around Andapa and Marojejy, the harvesting usually takes place in July and early August.
