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Situated at the extreme North
of the island, the name of the city is the association of the name
of the Portuguese Diego Diaz, the first European to touch Madagascar
in 1500, and Fernando Suarez, who came six years
later .At the 17th century, the city was a nest of pirates,
then a French military basis in 1890, from where French launched the
offensive to colonize Madagascar . One can admire the magnificent
bay of Diego, classified second in the world after Rio of Janiero.
It has also its " sugar loaf " as in Rio, visible from the
high of the " Montagne des Français " from where
we have a splendid view on the city and on the bay . Bathing possibility
on the beautiful fine sand beach of Remena , with its clear water,
calm and hot all the year. The region, very
fertile in fruit and vegetable production, is reputed for its
very juicy and fragrant mangoes. The hunting is abundant notably the
boars, ducks, blue and green pigeons hunting . The full of fish sea
make the happiness of amateurs of deep sea fishing : barracuda, shark,
carangue and tuna.
MONTAGNE
D’AMBRE
Diego
is surrounded by two massive mountains : Tsaratanana (2800m) and the
Montagne d'Ambre National Park (1475m). The colonel JOFFRE preferred
the Montagne d'Ambre for its agreeable micro-climate during the whole
year , 10° to 25° degree , while in DIEGO it makes 30 to 40
° in the shade , it was the reason why he founded Joffreville
, situated on the Montagne d'Ambre . The Montagne d'Ambre is covered
with a dense primary forest, classified National Reserves . Made up
paths allow to admire palm trees, tree ferns , gigantic baobabs ,
orchids. The cascade of Roussettes with its 80 m of gradients, the
numerous fall water, lakes of crater, enchant the dense forest. Varieties
of untamed lemurs populate the forest.
ANKARANA
SPECIAL RESERVE
In
the Special Reserve of the Ankarana, situated more to the South, the
erosion has given place to the formation of impressive limestones
with sharpened peaks called" Tsingy ". They contain caves,
underground rivers and caverns where live a very specific fauna: the
crocodile of the Nile (crocodylus niloticus), endemic birds, such
the painted turtledove, and different species of lemurs.
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