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🇲🇬 Use CautionIs Madagascar Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Madagascar
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Petty crime and armed robbery in cities
- Very poor road and medical infrastructure
- Cyclones from November to April
Hire a local guide for remote areas; avoid travelling at night by road
Malaria prophylaxis essential; vaccines for typhoid, hepatitis A, and rabies advised
Carry Ariary cash; ATMs scarce outside Antananarivo
Emergency: 117
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