Beach and sun, fishing, diving, surfing, sailing, ...
With its 5000 kp of shoreline, exoticism is obviously at the forefront in Madagascar. Bay and beaches are inviting not only for sunbathing but also for participating in a number of activities like fishing, diving, sailing or surfing and windsurfing. Whale watching also attracts scores of visitors.
In the Easy, the people of Sainte Marie used to great whale hunters, according to a tradition. In the West, the Vezo fisherman generally owns 2 pirogues, a simple an a beam one. Madagascar is the official home o 1250 fishermen's villages. Among the most exemplary: Ramena, up in the North.
Nosy Be and its satellite islands are undoubtedly the key spots for modern sportive fishing. Madagascar sea beds are among the best diving of the world. You will see scores o multi coloured fish with exotic names continuously drawing arabesques in a fairyland of shellfish and corals of indefinable shapes.Welcome to the home of clown-fish, butterflies, lions, unicorns, napoleons or sturgeons, manta rays, and the biggest fish in the world : the inoffensive whale sharks.
Diving areas:
- Ifaty and Mangily, 26km to the North of Tuléar
- Nosy Be: Tanikely for beginners and all levels, Epave Zaïda, a trawler which has been sunk on purpose, The Manta Point, Banc du Chameau and the Pain de sucre, for level I, The Corail Noir and the Grotte, for level II...
- Sainte Marie: the Ile aux Nattes, the Ilots aux Sables with its natural aquariums where visibility is exceptionally clea, The Ile aux Baleines, the Pointe à Larrée and the Cocoteraie
The ideal spot for initiation is at Mahambo, to the north of Tamatave where appropriate safety materials, instructors, lifeguards and top international standards apply.
Sailing is most popular in the northwest where the weather is favourable pratically all the year through, except in February and March.