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'''Vohemar to Mazava is a 78km part of a bike route with stunning scenery the entire way. Except for a few hills, it's mostly flat and straight biking on a tarred road in excellent condition with the odd potholes which are more a nuisance to cars than for bikes. Every few kilometres there's a small village with friendly locals greeting bypassers.'''

As of 2020, there There are virtually no tourists here, although this will likely change in coming years once the often impassable part of the RN5a between [[Ambilobe]] and [[Vohemar]] has been completed. Meanwhile, the area and its main road remain relatively isolated from the rest of the country and without half-empty chauffeur-driven 4x4 cars transporting tourists.

The traffic is most minimal during the rainy season from December to June and only a few crowded taxi-brousses and freight trucks pass throughout the day, along with plenty of zebu crossings, making it possible even relatively safe for the odd reptile to cross the road relatively safely.

  [[Mazava]] is an unknown and so-far unmapped village four kilometres south of [[Ampanefena]] and halfway between Vohemar and Sambava. However, as As of 2020, none of the four hotels in Ampanefena offers particularly good value accommodation and the best option is to stay at [[Maison Zaza]] in Mazava where vanilla farmers Mr and Mrs Zaza rent out five bungalows on their property, two of which have a panoramic view of the surrounding landscapes (still in construction in February 2020).