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NOSY HARA

CLIMBING

Michel above camp.

You understood that this is limestone country! The archepelago is a part of the immense karst spreading from northern tip to southernmost extremity, all along the west coast. The most striking features being the world famous tsingy reserves of Ankarana and Bemaraha. Heath, dust, poison ivys and administration deterred us from the Tsingy reserves but the Nosy Hara archepelago offered the best conditions we could have dreamed of, ...

Sunset on Andantsara western sea cliffs

Wind blows steady 7 to 8 months a year and maintain a very pleasant temperature. All sectors have at least half a day of shade and climbing there keeps your hands really
dry, the holds are clean and you're left with extremely gestual gymnastics on the best rock of its kind, carved by winds and rains.

This is a country of beautifully overhanging reddish walls, of huge concretions, of grey knife blades lacerating sky, clouds and fingers, all of it right over the mozambique channel most spectacular beaches.
	M. Piola. Nosy Andantsara.

Sunny beach and shaded lines on Anjombavola.

Close to a hundred routes are available on the archepelago; level is human! Nothing too severe for mutants
(at least, not yet).

Acces to the sites according to tides, sun and YOU

Michel opening a new line on Andantsara western cliffs.

Over the years, the Piola-Robert team has spent a lot of energy in developing the sector and setting strict standards.
Amateurs of a more natural style can show up with a good set of nuts, friends, hooks and slings, the cliffs are sculpted for the trade!
There are many possibilities to prospect new sectors.

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