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'''Anakao is a small beautiful fishing village stretching over a long beach located about 40 kilometres south of [[Tulear]]. With the exception of a fairly small number of tourist, the isolation of this village has helped preserve a traditional way of life amongst its estimated 3,000 inhabitants; one of the highest concentrations of [[Vezo]] people along the coast of Madagascar.'''
[[File:Water hole Anakao.jpg|thumb|left|600px|Central part of Communal water well at Anakao village]]<br clear="all">
Due to bad poor road condition, the village is best reached by boat from Tulear, which usually take takes about one hour. During low tide, the transfer begins with a short oxcart ride onto on the seabead seabed to reach the a pirogue or motorboat. The various hotels in Anakao provide a transfer which can be booked in Tulear harbour from where the boat leavesboats leave.
A few basic hotels are strewn across the coastline of the village. These are mostly beach huts, providing a “life life on the beach” beach experience to visiting tourists. Early in the morning countless pirogues can be seen leaving in the direction of the open ocean for on their fishing journeys until they return like small sailing regattas with their catch in the afternoonlike small sailing regattas.
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Anakao_00040.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Unidentified chameleon]]</td></tr></table>
Behind the village are some tombs, decorated with oars/rudders or zebu horns in memory of the dead. South of the village fragments of eggshells of the world's largest bird, the now extinct [[Aepyornis]] or elephant bird, can be found (it is illegal to take bring them out of the country).
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The two small uninhabited nature protected islands of [[Nosy Ve]] and [[Nosy Satrana]] are located just outside of Anakao and are popular suitable for day visitorsvisits. Both islands are uninhabited and offer no accommodation. The islands can reached by via a short pirogue ride from the mainland.
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