Is Ambarakaraka safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Ambarakaraka safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Ambarakaraka scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Madagascar Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 5 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ambarakaraka scores 56/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Madagascar (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ambarakaraka: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (80/100).
A score of 56 is higher than 75% of the cities we score.
Consult the Madagascar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 13.5088° S, 48.8484° E within Antsiranana, Ambarakaraka is situated 617.0 km SSW of Antananarivo at an altitude of 50 m.
Antsiranana
13.5088° S, 48.8484° E
50 m
Indian/Antananarivo
16,114
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Madagascar)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ambarakaraka happened in November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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