Sambava

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Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the SAVA region. Along with Antalaha, Andapa and Vohemar, Sambava is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export.

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Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common agricultures are vanilla, coconut and rice farming.

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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 Antongompahitra and Bemanevika. Small boats leaves from behind Maison Ravelo/Tandramena at Antaimby and costs 1,000 Ar across the creek where "taxi motos" (motorcycle bike drivers) are offered. This is a shortcut to reach Bemanevika and Bemarivo.

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There are three main market places in different areas of Sambava with each of the market places extended in the mornings once a week: Antaimby on Tuesdays, Ambodisatrana on Fridays and Antanifotsy on Saturdays.

Every Sunday from early afternoon close to there is a beach party with several beach bars, small hand-powered ferris wheels, gambling stalls etc. Often on Sundays there is Morengy tournaments in at the stadium in Sambava-Centre.

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A domestic airport is approximately 1 km 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

Places

Sambava vanilla exporters

Souvenirs

Medical

Sambava restaurants, cafes and bars


Sambava Beach

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Sambava hotels and restaurants

Hotel Sky Blue
Ambodisatrana

Hotel Hazavola
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 (0) 32 03 002 08

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Antohomaro, Sambava
Tel: +261 (0) 32 54 566 67

Hotel Carrefour
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 (0) 20 889 2060

Le Jardin Arhumatic
Ampandrozonana

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 (0)32 02 635 86

Hotel le Giroflier
Sambava-Centre
Tel: +261 32 97 792 10

Tiako Marojejy
Antaimby, Sambava
Tel: +261 (0)34 07 423 05 / +261 (0)34 44 555 55

Various

Radio channels

Map of Sambava

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Transport

  • Ralph, English speaking tuktuk (Bajaj) driver: +261 (0)32 68 662 68
  • Haja Rabearivelo tuktuk (Bajaj): +261 (0)32 61 052 53
  • 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
  • Sambava Airport

Additional information

Sambava Newsfeed

Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Gamane Flash Update No. 1, 28 March 2024 - ReliefWeb
28-Mar-2024 07:00
In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) - The New York Times
27-Oct-2020 07:00
Vanilla brings cash and crime to Madagascar - The Seattle Times
28-Sep-2018 07:00
Cyclone Dikeledi forms, forecast to rapidly intensify before landfall in Madagascar - The Watchers
09-Jan-2025 08:00
Madagascan gold: meet the vanilla hustlers – in pictures - The Guardian
31-Mar-2018 07:00
Figure 2: Local prices of black vanilla in Sambava between 1960-2017,... - ResearchGate
30-Nov-2018 20:03
Alphabet of Dalit pride: Reviving Sambava, a ‘secret’ ancient language - The News Minute
23-Oct-2018 07:00
Kansas City-Based SAVA Trading Co. Offers Direct-Trade Vanilla from Madagascar - feastmagazine.com
22-Nov-2019 08:00
Sambava - Madagascar: Wind Storm Situation as of 10/03/2017, Grading Map - ReliefWeb
15-Mar-2017 07:00
Cyclone Batsirai slams Madagascar at major hurricane strength, killing 20 - The Washington Post
07-Feb-2022 08:00
Social mobilization actions bear fruit for better health coverage - UNICEF
02-Mar-2021 08:00
Precious as Silver, Vanilla Brings Cash and Crime to Madagascar (Published 2018) - The Indian Express
30-Aug-2018 07:00
Tropical Storm Cheneso, ensuing rain kill 16 in Madagascar - News24
27-Jan-2023 08:00
How fortunes are being made and lost in Madagascar's vanilla boom - ABC News
21-Jan-2019 08:00
Muslim parents break Kerala school's 'Dalit only' tag - Deccan Herald
28-Jun-2019 07:00
Once famous for bamboo products, this Kerala village is losing its tradition - The News Minute
29-Jan-2020 08:00
Chandy Oommen begins election campaign - The New Indian Express
10-Aug-2023 07:00
Cyclone Enawo: Five dead in Madagascar - BBC
09-Mar-2017 08:00
Kerala school breaks ‘apartheid’ shackles, gets first scholarship winner after 66 years - The New Indian Express
10-May-2022 07:00
Muslim students join ‘Dalits only’ Kerala school, break caste barriers and effect difference - Maktoob media
28-Jun-2019 07:00
'They don’t want their kids to sit with Dalits': Kerala school struggles to break caste barriers - The News Minute
09-Jun-2015 07:00
Kozhikode: Educated state fails, Kerala school struggles to break caste barriers - Daijiworld.com
10-Oct-2017 07:00
Call for hartal in Kottayam by CSDS on dalit issue - The Times of India
16-Jan-2017 08:00
Multiple cases filed against TN BJP chief Annamalai over his social media post - PGurus
04-Jun-2022 07:00
CSDS hartal disrupts normal life in Kottayam - Onmanorama
17-Jan-2017 08:00
Raharaham-piangonana : Potehin-dRavalomanana ny Fjkm - La Gazette de la Grande Ile
11-Jul-2024 02:25