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'''Ramena is a charming, steadily growing fishing village located in Diego Suarez Bay, 18 kilometres north of Diego Suarez. The village is situated directly at the several kilometres long Ramena Beach. Various hotels and local restaurants frame are dotted along the beach.'''
Ramena is a popular destination for holidayholidaymakers and day-makers and daytrippers trippers from Diego Suarez. A local [[taxi-brousse]] costs about 2,000 Ariary per person for one way, a private taxi charges between 35,000 and 40,000 Ariary for a round-trip. The street from [[Diego Suarez]] to Ramena snakes along the curve of the bay, offering beautiful views onto the bay and [[Nosy Lonja]] (Sugarloaf Island).
Throughout the week Ramena is a quite village. Except the street to the pier, there are no paved roads and consequently not many cars in the village. Locals are either living from fishing or tourism. Throughout the weekends, Ramena converts into a party-strip. City-dwellers from Diego Suarez flog flock on their free day to the beach for a day-long party. In 2011 erected streetlights along , usually returning in the beach support the party ..evening.
The tared tarred road behind the village leads to the military zone [[ORANGEA]] where soldiers will charge a 5,000 permit fee per person for passing the gate(far less for locals). There The ruins of former military buildings and huge canons pointing towards over the bay water can be seenat this location. On the way to ORANGEA one passes the former holiday domicile house of the ex-president [[Marc Ravalomanana]]. About three kilometres from Ramena is the [[Cap Miné Lighthouse]], from where which one can see the passage to [[Diego Suarez Bay]]. From there on it is only a short walk to [[Baie des Dunes]] and [[Baie des Pigeons]].
A trip to [[Emerald Sea]] can easily be arranged by any of the hotels in Ramena. Alternatively, local fishermen are willing to take tourists to the turquoise watersat a lower price. The dive-centre [[MadaScaph]] takes divers to various dive spots in the bay.
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