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'''Vohemar to Mazava is a part of one of the a best bike routes in the country with indescribably beautiful scenery along the whole way. With the exception of a few hills, it's mostly flat and straight biking along on tarred road in excellent condition with the odd small potholes which are more a problem nuisance for cars than for bikes. Every few kilometres there's a small village with friendly locals greeting bypassers.'''

The traffic is minimal especially, especially during the rainy season from December until June, with only a few crowded taxi-brousses and freight trucks throughout the day making it relatively safe for even the odd reptile reptiles to cross the road without being flattened.

There are no tourists, although this will likely change in a few coming years as once the infamous and often impassable RN5 route between Ambilobe and Vohemar is being becomes completed. Meanwhile, the area and main road remains relatively isolated with its main road without any tourist buses or wastefully half-empty 4x4 cars chauffeur-driven 4x4 carscards.

[[Mazava]] is an unknown and even so-far unmapped village located four kilometres south of [[Ampanefena]] halfway between Vohemar and Sambava. However, as none of the four hotels in Ampanefena offer particularly good value accommodation, the best option is always to stay at [[Maison Zaza]] in Mazava where vanilla farmers Mr and Mrs Zaza who are vanilla farmers, rents out offers five bungalows on their property, two of them with a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape(still in construction in 2020).

The adjacent restaurant and bar serves zebu brochette and special specially ordered meals if pre-orderedrequested in advance. The location Maison Zaza is a regular meeting place for locals with karaoke events on weekends and sporting events being shown on a large TV screenin the restaurant area.