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Most of the villagers live from fishing, rice farming and cloves harvesting. During the months of September, October and November the cloves are picked and thereafter dried in the sun in front of the houses. In those days, the entire village smells like a giant Xmas bakery.
At the end Most of the village is a shop with bar/restaurant villagers live from fishing, rice farming and attached cinemaharvesting cloves. Films During the months of September, October and November the cloves are shown each Saturday at 9pm picked and thereafter dried in the entrance fee is 300 Ariary (2015). Behind the bar is a separate building with two rooms for rent. The rooms are very simple with a mattress straight on sun in front of the floor and "not recommendable" outside shower/toilethouses. In 2015, During the price for drying period the room was 5,000 Ariary whole village scents like a nightgiant Xmas bakery.
<googlemap version{| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="03" | [[File:Ratranavona_012.9jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Ratranavona_036.jpg|196px]]|align=" latcenter"|[[File:Ratranavona_037.jpg|196px]]|align="-15right"|[[File:Ratranavona_035.jpg|196px]]|} There is a shop with bar/restaurant and an attached cinema at the end of the village where films are shown on Saturdays at 9pm. The entrance fee is 300 Ariary (2015). Behind the bar is a separate building which has two rooms for rent. The rooms are very simple with only a mattress on the floor and a not recommended outside shower and toilet. In 2015, the price for the room was 5,000 Ariary a night.903225 {| class=" lonimageTable"|-|colspan="503" | [[File:Ratranavona_044.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Ratranavona_024.066414jpg|196px]]|align=" zoomcenter"|[[File:Ratranavona_019.jpg|196px]]|align="14right" controls|[[File:Ratranavona_033.jpg|196px]]|} A bit confusing can be the name of the village. In Malagasy '''''ratra''''' means ''a wound'' or ''injury'' and '''''navona''''' can be translated into ''the core of boils''. Together Ratranavona translates into ''a wound/injury from boils''. However, there were no signs of any skin irritations throughout a visit to this village in 2015 :-) <div style="largemax-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-15.903699, 50.065683~'''Ratranavona'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=15|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</div> The next village direction south is [[Namantoana]]. The next village direction north through the rain forest is [[RatranavonaAntalavia]]</googlemap>.
'''GPS Coordinates'''<br>
S 15°54.160'<br>
E050°03.912'<br>
22m elevation == Photos == View all [[Ratranavona photos]] == Additional information ==
View more * 7 days trek from [[Ratranavona photosMaroantsetra Antalaha trek around the Masoala peninsula|Maroantsetra to Antalaha around the Masoala peninsula]]- The village of Ratranavona lays on the path sneaking around the Masoala Peninsula.
