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Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
National Park with abundant wildlife including lemurs, water falls, crater lakes.
Allow at least 2 hr drive from Diego Suarez to the town of Joffreville next to the park. Due to road works, the road is closed at some hours on the last 3 km from Joffreville to the Park entrance. Check the schedule beforehand.
Montagne d'Ambre National Park is a national park in the Diana Region of northern Madagascar. The park is known for its endemic flora and fauna, water falls and crater lakes. It is 1,000 km (620 mi) north of the capital, Antananarivo, and is one of the most biologically diverse places in all of Madagascar with seventy-five species of birds, twenty-five species of mammals, and fifty-nine species of reptiles known to inhabit the park. The park is centred around Mount Ambohitra, the highest mountain in northern Madagascar.
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Ambohitr'Antsingy
Protected area with many hikesː Vallée des Baobabs (also visible from the park entrance), 360° panoramic view of the bay, Vallée des Perroquets with wildlife.
Nosy Lonjo
Small conical island covered with vegetation and revered as a holy place.
Stone formation of red laterite formed by erosion.
3 bays footpathː Baie de Sakaleva, Baie des Pigeons and Baie des Dunes.
A taxi from Diego Suarez can drive you in 1 hr to the Baie de Sakaleva, via N95B towards Ramena, turn on the right and drive on a sandy, bumpy track to Sakaleva Beach.
The walk is a day trip through the bays, watching kite surfers, old forts and a light house.
Walking around the cape, you can end your trip at the Orangea Beach on the West coast and find your taxi at Ramena Beach to drive you back to Diego Suarez (40 min).
Taxi hire for the dayː around 150 000 Ar (bargain).