Sambava
Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the SAVA region.
Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures are vanilla, coconut and rice farming. Sambava, along with Antalaha and Andapa, is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export.
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Activities include a visit to a vanilla plantation and one of the many processing facilities to learn about traditional vanilla production, a guided tour of the Soavoanio coconut plantation, a visit to Antogopahitra (a small boat across the creek leaves behind Maison Ravelo at Antaimby).
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Every Friday, there is an extended market with various clothing stands appearing on the road between the Madame Dolorosy statue and the beach. Every Sunday starting early afternoon close to Las Palmas Hotel there is a big beach party including dance competitions and occasionally Moraingy tournaments.
A domestic airport is located approximately 2km from the town centre with flights connecting Antananarivo, Toamasina (Tamatave), Maroantsetra and Diego Suarez. Scheduled flights are operated by Tsaradia and Madagasikara Airways.
Transport to/from Sambava
Scheduled flight connections are opereted by Madagasikara Airways and Air Madagascar.
Places
- Ambodisatrana market place and Taxi-brousse station direction Antalaha.
Vanilla exporters
Souvenirs
Medical
- Pharmacie Janga
- Pharmacie MEVA - Antanifotsy
Restaurants, cafes and bars
- Gargotte Sylvia Sambava in the Ampandrozonana district
- Happy Sambava - pastries
- Le Capricorne - restaurant and event location
- Epi-Bar La Vanilla - bar, shop and restaurant
- Resto Mimi - popular with visitors to Marojejy
- Orchidea Beach II - popular with tourists and expats
- Carrefour - popular with vanilla traders
- Chez Orlance - restaurant and juice bar
- Gargotte Camila
- Le Baladin - restaurant, bar and night club
- Gargotte Ezaka - breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Antanifotsy district of Sambava
- Tasty Box - burgers, fries, coffee, cupcakes, donuts - opened in 2020 it is the first fast-food restaurant in Sambava
- La Rosace - simple roofed outdoors breakfast and lunch eatery in central Sambava
- Bar Bleue - outdoors dinner restaurant in Sambava centre
Beach
Hotels and restaurants
Hotel Carrefour
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 (0) 20 889 2060
Mimi Hotel or Resto Mimi (16 rooms, 4 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)32 0761028 or +261 (0)32 04028855
Email: mimi.hotel.resto@gmail.com
La Paillotte - Chez Jo (4 bungalows)
Tel: +261 (0)20 88 998 94 or +261 (0)32 21 221 21 (mobile)
Las Palmas (6 bungalows, 3 rooms)
Tel: +261 (0)20 8892087 / +261 (0)32 4007372
Email: laspalmas.hotel@gmail.com
www.laspalmas-hotelsambava.com
Hotel l’Ambassadeur - Chez Zoé
Tel: +261 (0)32 0292745 or +261 (0)32 0211347
Email: razafizoe@yahoo.fr
Hotel Orchidea Beach II
Tel: +261 (0)32 0438377
Email: orchideabeach2@yahoo.fr
Florencia
Tel: +261 032 0246621
Hôtel Cantonnais
Tel: N/A
Hotel Melrose
Tel: +261 33 1457479 or cellphone: +261 (0)32 04572
Hôtel Paradis
Tel: +261 208892297 or +261 324012689
Hôtel la Romance de Jupiter
Tel (cellphone): +261 (0)32 0463389
Hotel Noumea
Tel: +261 032 0263586
Hotel le Giroflier
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 32 97 792 10
Various
- Tsara Lay - bespoke mosquito-net tailoring
- ProGym - well equipped fitness centre
- Colis Express S.A. - courier service by land and air
- François' bike repairs
- Samy Express Head Office - boat transfers to/from Diego Suarez (during rain season only)
- Madabike rentals
- Alliance française de Sambava - French alliance of Sambava
- 3J Electronic - PC and parts store
- DHL Sambava
- Telma Sambava
- Post Office
- Soavoanio - coconut plantation and producer of various coconut-based products
- Andron'ny vehivavy Sambava - Women's Day
- Soamazava supermarket
- Zcom Sambava - printing service
- Photo SAVA - photographic prints and cameras
- KOM’SEC - sale and repair of IT equipment, PCs, laptops, etc.
Map of Sambava
Transport
- Ralph, English speaking tuktuk (Bajaj) driver: +261 (0)32 68 662 68
- Haja Rabearivelo tuktuk (Bajaj)
- Hery's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and Vohemar: +261 (0)32 87 834 60
- Jimmy's Taxi-brousse between Sambava and Vohemar: +261 (0)32 40 200 21
Additional information
Sambava Newsfeed
- Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Gamane Flash Update No. 1, 28 March 2024 - ReliefWeb
- 28-Mar-2024 07:00
- Figure 2: Local prices of black vanilla in Sambava between 1960-2017,... - ResearchGate
- 30-Nov-2018 20:03
- How Glue Helps Frogs Out of Sticky Situations - The New York Times
- 07-Aug-2024 07:00
- How fortunes are being made and lost in Madagascar's vanilla boom - ABC News
- 21-Jan-2019 08:00
- Kansas City-Based SAVA Trading Co. Offers Direct-Trade Vanilla from Madagascar - Feast Magazine
- 22-Nov-2019 08:00
- Alphabet of Dalit pride: Reviving Sambava, a ‘secret’ ancient language - The News Minute
- 23-Oct-2018 07:00
- Cyclone Batsirai slams Madagascar at major hurricane strength, killing 20 - The Washington Post
- 07-Feb-2022 08:00
- Tropical Storm Cheneso, ensuing rain kill 16 in Madagascar - News24
- 27-Jan-2023 08:00
- WFP Madagascar Country Brief, June 2024 - ReliefWeb
- 24-Jul-2024 07:00
- LDF gets electoral support - The Hindu
- 18-Apr-2019 07:00
- Madagascar TC Gamane DREF Operational Update (MDRMG022) - ReliefWeb
- 14-May-2024 07:00
- Muslim students join ‘Dalits only’ Kerala school, break caste barriers and effect difference - Maktoob media
- 28-Jun-2019 07:00
- Call for hartal in Kottayam by CSDS on dalit issue - The Times of India
- 16-Jan-2017 08:00
- After decades, Kerala Dalit neighbourhood gets basic facilities, ownership documents - The News Minute
- 07-Mar-2019 08:00
- Once famous for bamboo products, this Kerala village is losing its tradition - The News Minute
- 29-Jan-2020 08:00
- Raharaham-piangonana : Potehin-dRavalomanana ny Fjkm - La Gazette de la Grande Ile
- 11-Jul-2024 02:25
- Why does this Kerala school have only Dalit students? - Asianet Newsable
- 20-Apr-2018 17:01