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The Mananara Nord National Park is located in the Mananara Nord district of the Analanjirofo region, 280km north of [[Toamasina]] (Tamatave). The park is bounded by the Mananara river to the north, the Sandrakatsy river and Fotsialanana river to the west, the Anove river to the south and the Indian Ocean to the east.
The entire Mananara Nord National Park consists of 23,000ha terrestrial park and 1,000ha marine park. The altitude reaches from 0m to 569m. The park is subject to a humid tropical climate. The average temperature is 25.2°C and the humidity is constantly high. It rains most of the year and can reach up to 2,900mm per year. There is a warm and rainy season from September to March and a cooler season from April to September. Mananara is often a passage area for tropical cyclones.
== How to get there ==
'''By road''' from [[Antananarivo]] to Toamasina on RN2, then Toamasina to Mananara Nord on RN5. There is a paved road from Toamasina to [[Soanierana Ivongo]] and thereafter a secondary road from Soanierana Ivongo to [[Mananara]]. The roads are accessible all year round, but in poor condition. The total travel time from Antananarivo to the park is two to three days. '''By [[Taxi-brousse|taxi brousse]]''' from Antananarivo (Ambodivona bus station) to Toamasina and then from Toamasina (Tanambao V bus station) to Mananara. '''By boat''' from Mananara to the park (1-1.5 hour by speedboat, 3-4 hours by slow boat), or from [[Antanambe]] to the park (45 minutes by speedboat). From Soanierana Ivongo or [[Sainte Marie]] to Mananara it takes 5 hours by boat respectively. The sea is calm from April to October.
