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are also available (Ar17,700). The restaurant does all meals well and can provide picnic
lunches for walkers.
MNP Campsite
CAMPGROUND €
(camping per tent Ar5000) Camping is available behind the MNP office.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
From Tana, the best way to reach Andasibe is to take a taxi-brousse to Moramanga first,
then another to Andasibe. Ask the driver to drop you at your hotel. Otherwise, you can take
any taxi-brousse along the RN2 to the Andasibe junction, then walk or hitch the 3km to the
village itself.
If you're leaving Andasibe, you either have to return to Moramanga first, or wait for a taxi-
brousse on the RN2. This can de difficult going east as brousses from Tana tend to be full.
Ifyouhire acar ortaxi fromTana, keep inmind that you'll have toleave by6am inorderto
hear the indris. If you hear a clickety-clack, it's the tiny Moramanga-Brickaville passenger
train, which passes through Andasibe every Tuesday and Saturday.
Brickaville
Brickaville, reached by train (Ar3500) or taxi-brousse (Ar6000, three hours) from
Moramanga or taxi-brousse from Tamatave (Ar5000, three hours), is a ramshackle transit
point. From here you can transfer to Ambila-Lemaitso or Manambato in the Pangalanes
Lakes, or direct to Tamatave. There are two taxi-brousse stations, north and south, both of
which serve the same destinations, with the exception that only the north station serves An-
dasibe. Contrary to what you may hear, there is no bank here.
THE DEAD ZONE
With the exception of Manakara, the southeast coast of Madagascar is basically
a dead zone for travellers, unless you want pure 4WD adventure. Heading south
from Brickaville, Vatomandry, Mahanoro, and Nosy-Varika offer virtually no
sights or attractions with the exception of some waterfalls. In Mananjary the
beach is used as a latrine and the market floods in heavy rains. After Manakara
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, the RN12 is paved as far as the frontier town of Vaingaindrano,
and easily traversed save for a 30km stretch of unpaved road north of Farafan-
gana. However, the unpaved 220km between Vaingaindrano and Fort Dauphin
(Taolagnaro) is notoriously treacherous and should only be attempted in dry sea-
son with a trustworthy 4WD. The route contains 10 ferry crossings, five motor-
ised and five hand-powered, and two nature reserves. Parc National de Midongy
