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65km from [[Sambava]] along the tarred RN3B, the Marojejy National Park office can be found 200m before [[Manantenina]]. From thereon a 2.7km secondary road leads to the village of [[Mandena]]. From Mandena it is a 2.9km walk along a trail to the park entrance.
The approximate travel time by car from [[Antananarivo]] to the park is about three days. The first stretch goes along the RN4, thereafter along the RN6 (poorer condition) until [[Ambilobe]], where the road splits direction [[Vohemar]]. This road is not passable during the rainy season from December to April! On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday a [[taxi-brousse]] leaves from Antananarivo (station Andranobevava and Anosibe Angarangarana) direction [[Andapa]]. A ticket costs 80,000 Ariary (2015). Alternatively, [[Air Madagascar]] and [[Madagasikara Airways]] offer regular scheduled flightsto Sambava.
== Creation and Management ==
Before the independence of Madagascar, the Marojejy Massif has had already attracted the attention of the French colonial administration. On 3rd January 1952, Marojejy was classified a Natural Reserve. Tis This status was changed to National Park on 19th May 1998. In 2007, Marojejy National Park was declared a ''UNESCO World Heritage Site''.
The management of the reserve has undergone successive phases:
Marojejy National Park plays a strategic role in the national network managed by Madagascar National Parks. Indeed, it is a gene pool for the network:
* It is one of the two protected areas of the network which is home to the lemur ''Propithecus diadema candidus'' - [[Silky sifaka]] or Simpona malandy in Malagasy (''simpona'' = lemur and ''malandy'' = white). In fact, this species can be also found in the [[Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve]], where it is endemic.
* It is also a well known habitat for the bird ''Euryceros prevostii'' - [[Helmet vanga]].
* It includes a wide variety of ecosystems and habitats that characterise the high mountains of the north.
* It is one of the few Malagasy mountains that still has an a forest in its intact primary state (less than 1,800m).
* It is a biodiversity hotspot and exceptional endemism with the largest number of species of reptiles and amphibians known in Madagascar.
