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Due to poor road conditionconditions, the village is best reached by boat from Tulear, which usually takes about one hour. During low tide, the transfer begins with a short oxcart ride on onto the seabed to reach a pirogue or motorboat. The various hotels in Anakao provide a transfer transfers which can be booked in Tulear harbour from where the boats leaverepart.

A few basic hotels are strewn across the coastline of the village. These are mostly beach huts, providing a life on the beach experience to visiting tourists. Early in In the early morning hours countless pirogues can be seen leaving in the direction of the open ocean on their fishing journeys until they return with their catch in the afternoon like small sailing regattasin the afternoon.

The two Two small nature protected islands of , [[Nosy Ve]] and [[Nosy Satrana]] , are located just outside Anakao and are suitable for can be visited only by day visits. Both , since both islands are uninhabited and offer no accommodation. The These islands can reached via a short pirogue ride from the mainland.