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The town of Ambanja itself offers a few attractions. Near the northern entrance of the town there is a big partially open-air fruit, vegetable, meat, spice and just -about -everything marketplace. Along the town's main road a number of stalls are set up, selling sell second hand clothes, cooking equipment and other useful thingsutensils. At the other end of the town is a smaller, roof-covered fruit market named Bazary Be just next to the [[taxi-brousse]] station. Bazary Be means big market large marketplace although it is the smaller of the two but since it is the first. The second, larger market, is further extended with stalls and traders every Friday. A few minutes walk from Bazary be Be a bridge crosses Sambirano.

Ambanja is best easily reached via Nosy Be, from where boats depart to [[Ankify|Ankify harbour]]. From Ankify it is about 18km to Ambanja. A drive by taxi-brousse from [[Antananarivo]] to Ambanja takes between 18 and 24 hours or longer depending on the road condition. <!-- The car ride from Ambanja to [[Diego Suarez]] (Antsiranana) (240km) along the [[RN6]] takes between 3 and 4 hours. ??? There is a domestic airport but which is currently not served by [[Air Madagascar]] (March 2012). -->