Diego Suarez to Cap Diego by bike

There are many things to discover in the area surrounding Diego Suarez. For enthusiastic mountain bikers, a trip to Cap Diego is just the right thing. The small, sometimes good and sometimes bad road leads along the Diego Suarez Bay (Antsiranana Bay).

The bike excursion starts in Diego Suarez. After leaving the town towards the south, one turns right direction Anamakia. On the way to this small village one passes the large Plaine d'Anamakia, a wide open space which is used as grazing land for hundrets of zebus. At the western end of Anamakia is a bar, and just across from it women sell delicious mangoes (depending on the season).

5 hours with many stops to enjoy the views and escape the heat
all kinds of road: small gravel road, large gravel road, dirt road, old asphalt road, trail
some road sections are impassable, better to push the bike
depending on the season, the weather can be very hot and very windy
regular boat service from between Cap Diego and Diego Suarez (2,000 Ariary per person in 2017)

Antsiranana - Diego Suarez
Google: 12°17'15.4"S 49°17'29.5"E
Garmin: -12.287617, 49.291534

Plaine d'Anamakia
Google: 12°19'29.5"S 49°15'25.3"E
Garmin: -12.324852, 49.25703

Anamakia
Google: 12°19'34.3"S 49°14'47.2"E
Garmin: -12.326198, 49.246456

Salines d'Antsahampano
Google: 12°19'43.8"S 49°12'48.3"E
Garmin: -12.328835, 49.213407

crossing with police checkpoint
turn right
21km to Cap Diego
16km to Nosy Hara National Park via Ampasindava
Google: 12°19'29.5"S 49°11'20.3"E
Garmin: -12.324849, 49.188979

Google: 12°18'43.5"S 49°11'17.5"E
Garmin: -12.312076, 49.188192

Google: 12°17'58.4"S 49°11'09.8"E
Garmin: -12.299552, 49.186046

crossing with some houses
Google: 12°17'25.9"S 49°10'51.2"E and 12°17'26.0"S 49°10'51.2"E
Garmin: -12.290536, 49.180897 and -12.290541, 49.180890

Google: 12°16'59.8"S 49°10'55.6"E
Garmin: -12.283275, 49.182120

Google: 12°16'10.2"S 49°11'24.3"E
Garmin: -12.269507, 49.190078

Google: 12°16'07.4"S 49°11'24.8"E
Garmin: -12.268729, 49.190218

Google: 12°15'58.3"S 49°11'45.1"E
Garmin: -12.266181, 49.195869

Google: 12°15'44.0"S 49°11'36.4"E
Garmin: -12.262233, 49.193432

Google: 12°15'30.8"S 49°11'52.1"E
Garmin: -12.258555, 49.197791

Google: 12°14'59.2"S 49°12'05.4"E
Garmin: -12.249763, 49.201505

Google: 12°14'51.1"S 49°12'07.4"E
Garmin: -12.247537, 49.202063

Google: 12°14'43.7"S 49°12'09.7"E
Garmin: -12.245475, 49.202699

crossing
turn right direction Cap Diego and French Military Cemetery (Cimetière Militaire Français) - 10km
Google: 12°14'41.6"S 49°12'09.0"E
Garmin: -12.244884, 49.202488