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Triplandio Madagascar guide covers 4 travel guides with 1 city across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Madagascar with 89 POI, spanning 70.3 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Madagascar
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Madagascar
Tourists
87.1K/y
GDP/cap
$0.6k
Life Exp
63.8 yrs
Population
32.7M
Currency
MGA Ar
Language
Malagasy
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
17
Traditional Local Food Madagascar
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Koba
Koh-bah
· Rice and peanut cake
A sweet cake made from rice and peanuts.
Open Koba recipe
Main course
Meat
Ravitoto sy henakisoa
Rah-vee-toe-toe see hena-kee-so-ah
· Pork with Cassava Leaves
A traditional dish combining pork and cassava leaves.
Open Ravitoto sy henakisoa recipe
Side dish
Vegan
Lasary Voatabia
Lah-sah-ree Voh-tah-bee-ah
· Tomato and onion salad
A fresh tomato and onion salad with vinaigrette.
Open Lasary Voatabia recipe
Main course
Meat
Romazava
Ro-mah-zah-vah
· Beef and greens stew
A beef stew with mixed greens and tomatoes.
Open Romazava recipe🥩
Main course
Meat
Akoho sy voanio
Ah-ko-ho see vo-ah-nee-oh
· Chicken with coconut
Chicken cooked with coconut, typical of Antananarivo.
Open Akoho sy voanio recipe