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'''Antalaha is a picture-perfect coastal town on the Northeast coast of Madagascar. The town which includes including some unique old buildings dating back to the French colonial times was once the World Capital world's centre of [[Madagascar Vanilla|Vanillavanilla]]trade. Several large vanilla exporters are headquartered here.'''
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Antalaha is a popular destination among explorers of the East coast. A long beautiful beach is part of the scenery. The region is regularly affected by seasonal cyclones, with heavy cyclones every few years destroying crops affecting world prices of vanilla.
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Antalaha can be reached by land, sea or air. The quickest and maybe most comfortable way is by plane. An airport is located about ten kilometres south of transport the town but which is served only by plane[[Private Charter Flights|private air charters]]. A tarred road in good condition connects Antalaha with [[Sambava]] in the north where the a domestic airport connects with daily flights. There is an International maritime harbour in the centre of town.
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The 80 kilometres drive easiest way to get around is by [[taxifoot, tuk-brousse]] from Sambava takes about 1½ hours. Other available and more adventurous routes are a 3-5 day hike across the [[Masoala|Masoala peninsula]] starting from [[Maroantsetra]] tuk or via [[Cap Estpousse-pousse]]. Sometimes it The central marketplace is possible to catch a cargo boat from [[Maroantsetra]], [[Sainte Marie]] or [[Toamasina]] (Tamatave)of Tanambao is especially busy on Thursday mornings.
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