9,573
edits
Changes
Navana
,no edit summary
'''Navana is located near Maroantsetra in the Bay of Antongil (also called Helodrano Antongila) on the north east coast of Madagascar. Navana is a traditional [[Betsimisaraka]] village. Its inhabitants live from cultivating rice and vanillaas well as fishing.<!--Helodranon' Antongila (Bay of Antongila), more commonly called Antongil Bay--> '''
{| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Navana_01Navana 055.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Navana 002.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Navana 003.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Navana 004.jpg|thumb196px]]|none-|Traditional house in [[File:Navana village005.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Navana 006.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Navana 007.jpg|196px]]|}
Navana is the last accessible village by boat before heading into the nature in the direction of [[Antalaha]]. Starting in [[Maroantsetra]], it is also possible to reach Navana by foot or even bicycle. After a 90-minute pleasant pirogue ride along small streams and canals one arrives in [[Andranofotsy]]. From thereon a good foot path named <i>Route National 5</i> follows the coastline of the bay with nice views onto [[Nosy Mangabe]]. Thereafter the path diverts into the native forest, passing the private <i>[[Farankaraina Tropical Park Tropical de Farankaraina]]</i>, home of the rare Aye-eye lemur. The walk from Andranofotsy to Navana takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
<div style="max-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-15.410833, 49.867783~'''Navana is a very long stretched village with many well stocked shops'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=16|controls=pan, zoom, a market placetype, several basic hotels and a large schoolscale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker. The scenery around the village is dominated by rice fields and banana treespng}}</div> '''GPS Coordinates'''<br>S 15°24. At the sandy beach of Navana there are several granite boulders, similar to the beaches of the Seychelles650'<br>E049°52.067'<br>23m elevation