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'''Whether visiting one of the nationals park in the SAVA region or passing through Sambava, a visit to a vanilla plantation and preparation facility offers an insight into the process by which vanilla is transformed from a beautiful orchid into the highly versiitile black spice that will add certain magical flavours to a wide variety of food products from craft ice creams, and countless sweet deserts, drinksas well as essential oils, perfumes and much much moremedicinal uses.'''
What can be seen depends on the activities that are happening at the time, which changes slightly from season to season. Generally speaking, during May and June, harvesting of green vanilla beans are happening along the northwest coast around Sambava, Antalaha and Vohemar as well as further into the countryside. At higher altitudes, around Andapa and Marojejy, harvesting usually takes place in July or August.
