NOSY BE
Refered to as the “perfume island” because of its fragrance of ylang-ylang, vanilla and pepper. These spices emit, in the morning dew, a mixture of captivating scents.
On the island of Nosy Be, at about ten miles from the north-east coast of Madagascar, there are some places here and there which ressemble crumbs of Paradise fallen in the Indian Ocean.
Nosy Be is an island meant to be explored more than visited, |
  with a steady climate,
a clear blue sky,
a warm and quiet sea with a palette of colors from emerauld green to turquoise blue of the deep sea.
And the legendary sense of hospitality of this warm population make this “african island with asian eyes” a land to which one can not be indifferent.
To the rythm of the outrigger canoes which come back in the evening from fishing, life goes on
« mora mora »,
this whispered “gentle gentle” which reminds one that there is no hurry. |
  The direction of malagasy tourism has named this enchanting archipelago “the Coast of the unexplored islands with in the backround:
Nosy Tanikely with its shimmering deep sea,
Nosy Komba where the black lemurs live,
Nosy Sakatia with its clouds of spotted dogfish,
Nosy Iranja with its sea tortoises,
And the Archipelago of Mitsio and its 40 all-sized islands mostly uninhabited which make them dreamlike stops. |
