Nossi (or Nosy) Be is a small island on the west coast of Madagascar, close to its northern tip. It is well known for its beaches.
It extends a warm welcome to visiting yachts. Cruisers continue to be successful in obtaining permits to enter Madagascar at Nosy Be. All followed the procedure as outlined on Noonsite and were welcomed. See Clearance for details.
In the event of an emergency, Channel 16 is monitored in office hours by APMF, and the Navy should be monitoring 24/7. You should be permitted a 24 hour stopover to effect repairs.
13° 24.36'S, 48° 16.85'E (anchorage)
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Apr 18, 2019 03:02 PM
We cruised the Nosy Be Area for 3+ months in 2018 calling in many times at Nosy Tanihely, Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Komba, Nosy Mamoko, Russian Bay, Nosy Iranja, Nosy Antsoha, Tsara Bajina and Nosy Mitsio, We preferred the Hell-Ville (Andoany) Town Anchorage as our ‘home base’ rather than the Crater Bay anchorage given the watchful eye / good services provided by the ‘boat-boys’ Jimmy and Kool and close proximity to stores and restaurants.
Posted on behalf of Stephen Poulson of SV Emerald Sea:
Spending time in Nosy Be and need an excellent tour guide to show you the highlights of Nosy Be? Thomas works at LemurLand, a small zoo, in Hellville, and provides tour guide services there in addition to island tour services (his time and that of a 3rd party vehicle).
He has studied botany at college, fluent in English, French and Italian and has been recommended by a number of cruisers presently here including ourselves. He can be contacted at 0328824608.
Posted on behalf of Brian Simm
After all the horrors of the pilot books re bribery, demands etc. our arrival was easy and pleasant.
Anchoring by moonlight in Crater bay was easy. This is now the preferred local anchorage with over 50 local and visiting boats, and an active small yacht club.
Next morning anchored off Hellville with the dinghy welcomed on the dock by Jimmy the current local fix it. Care of dinghy sublet immediately and we were guided on the rounds. Police(immigration), port, customs 1 and customs 2. Fees were posted on the walls and fully receipted.
Fees totalled about 200000 Ariary for a 17m boat and 2 crew while very good lunch in the 2 1/2 hour office break brought the full total to 270000 local or $90.00.