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'''Shortly after leaving Sambava direction north along RN5a, turning Turning left onto a secondary roadnorth of Sambava, the this route runs up and down and along hills hilltops with great panoramic views of the surrounding landscapes until reaching the villages of Antisraka and Ambohimitsinjo.'''

Thereafter the The road and sometimes trail thereafter continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river, passing through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until reaching Farahalana along , where the RN5a, which runs turns north back to Sambava.

During the rainy seasontimes of much rain, the road along the river until between Ambodimanga and Farahalana is gets very muddy and more or less bikeable unbikeable in places.