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'''Shortly after leaving Sambava direction north along RN5a, turning Turning left onto a secondary roadjust north of Sambava, the this route runs up and down and along hills hilltops with great panoramic stunning views of the surrounding hillscapes until the villages of Antisraka [[Antsiraka]] and [[Ambohimitsinjo. Thereafter the road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through various plantations until the Maheva river, passing through the villages of Ambodimanga, Masovariaka until reaching Farahalana along RN5a, which runs north back to Sambava]].''' [[File:Sambava-Ambohimitsinjo-Farahalana-Sambava_by_bike_002.jpg|600px]]
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The road and sometimes trail continues at lower altitudes through nature, vanilla plantations and along rice fields until the Maheva river. The route thereafter runs through the villages of [[Ambodimanga]], [[Masovariaka]] until arriving at [[Farahalana]] where the RN5a turns north back to [[Sambava]].
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During the rainy seasontimes of much rain, the road along the river until between Ambodimanga and Farahalana is gets very muddy and more or less bikeable unbikeable in places.
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== Tour data ==
Total climb: 385 metres<br>
Total descent: 381 metres<br>
== Places of interest ==
[[Antsiraka]]<br>
-14.351400, 50.101100
[[Ambohimitsinjo]]<br>
-14.402567, 50.104383
[[Ambodimanga]]<br>
-14.402983, 50.117100
[[Masovariaka]]<br>
-14.398733, 50.123517
[[Farahalana]]<br>
-14.429559, 50.156202
[[Antohomaro]]<br>
-14.327350, 50.185200
Lake Andohabe<br>
-14.33642760816221, 50.17071161723301
[[Sambava]]<br>
-14.254318, 50.157051
== Photos ==
View all [[Sambava-Ambohimitsinjo-Farahalana-Sambava by bike photos]]
== Madabike ==
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