Madagascar · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

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Nosy Boraha

Off Madagascar's eastern coast, a narrow ribbon of land stretches barely 60 kilometres long and less than 10 wide. This is Nosy Boraha, better known as Île Sainte-Marie, and it packs three experiences that would fill a much larger destination: pirate ghosts, humpback whales, and a tiny satellite island where the clocks never tick. The pirate cemetery on Île aux Forbans marks the graves of buccaneers who once raided spice ships across the Indian Ocean. The channel between the island and the mainland becomes a nursery for migrating whales each winter. And Île aux Nattes, just a short pirogue crossing away, has earned a perfect reputation among visitors as one of the most untouched beach experiences anywhere in Madagascar. This is not a resort island with a packed itinerary. Nosy Boraha rewards the traveler who slows down, who pedals a rented bicycle past mango and clove trees to a fishing village, who watches a captain bring in crab for the evening grill, and who takes the afternoon boat to a place where there are no cars, no electricity wires overhead, and no reason to check the time.

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Baie des Pigeons

Baie des Pigeons is a secluded, wild beach on the north coast of Madagascar, the most tranquil of the famous Trois Baies near Diego Suarez (Antsiranana). With turquoise waters, a sweeping crescent of white sand, and dunes offering panoramic ocean views, it rewards the effort of getting there with a rare sense of solitude. The bay sits about four kilometres east of the fishing village of Ramena along a sandy coastal track, past the ruins of colonial military fortifications at Cap Miné. It is separated from the neighbouring Baie des Dunes by a rocky peninsula, giving it a hidden, almost secret quality that the more-visited bays lack.

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Madagascar · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Madagascar.

Find places to visit in Madagascar. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Island

Madagascar · MG

Nosy Boraha

Off Madagascar's eastern coast, a narrow ribbon of land stretches barely 60 kilometres long and less than 10 wide. This is Nosy Boraha, better known as Île Sainte-Marie, and it packs three experiences that would fill a much larger destination: pirate ghosts, humpback whales, and a tiny satellite island where the clocks never tick. The pirate cemetery on Île aux Forbans marks the graves of buccaneers who once raided spice ships across the Indian Ocean. The channel between the island and the mainland becomes a nursery for migrating whales each winter. And Île aux Nattes, just a short pirogue crossing away, has earned a perfect reputation among visitors as one of the most untouched beach experiences anywhere in Madagascar. This is not a resort island with a packed itinerary. Nosy Boraha rewards the traveler who slows down, who pedals a rented bicycle past mango and clove trees to a fishing village, who watches a captain bring in crab for the evening grill, and who takes the afternoon boat to a place where there are no cars, no electricity wires overhead, and no reason to check the time.

Tourist attraction

Madagascar · MG

Baie des Pigeons

Baie des Pigeons is a secluded, wild beach on the north coast of Madagascar, the most tranquil of the famous Trois Baies near Diego Suarez (Antsiranana). With turquoise waters, a sweeping crescent of white sand, and dunes offering panoramic ocean views, it rewards the effort of getting there with a rare sense of solitude. The bay sits about four kilometres east of the fishing village of Ramena along a sandy coastal track, past the ruins of colonial military fortifications at Cap Miné. It is separated from the neighbouring Baie des Dunes by a rocky peninsula, giving it a hidden, almost secret quality that the more-visited bays lack.