Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €65.04 and €83.92, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 33m over 763 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€65.04 to €83.92
- 151%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ambodifotatra
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:13First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €156.49Wed16
- about €177.14Thu17
- about €167.70Fri18
- about €139.97Sat19
- about €147.64Sun20
- about €130.53Mon21
- about €96.31Tue22
- about €112.24Wed23
- about €136.43Thu24
- about €99.26Fri25
- about €127.58Sat26
- about €96.31Sun27
- about €99.26Mon28
- about €83.92Tue29
- about €80.38Wed30
- about €82.74Thu1
- about €95.72Fri2
- about €101.62Sat3
- about €72.12Sun4
- about €65.04Mon5
- about €66.81Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Sainte-Marie. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sainte-Marie for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €82.1590 days
- €70.9460 days
- €91.0045 days
- €91.0030 days
- €66.8121 days
- €83.9214 days
- €96.317 days
- €167.703 days
- €156.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €66.81.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €167.70, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
763 km
741 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
28,406 → 34,344
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 763 km against 741 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Antananarivo, Toamasina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from RUN into Sainte-Marie is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Sainte-Marie
Settled in advance, so the ride into Sainte-Marie costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Sainte-Marie is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Hôtel de Ville Ste-Marie
Most of the points near Hôtel de Ville Ste-Marie open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
The fastest journey from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie takes 4h 33m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 37m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
The cheapest fare from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie is €65.04, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €101.62. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
The cheapest way from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie is by flight, at €83.92 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 40m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
Fares from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €66.81. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 151 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie, at €83.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie, at €53.83 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
1 operators sell services from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie across 1 mode: Air Madagascar. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
33 percent of the services we sell from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie are direct. The rest connect at Antananarivo, Toamasina, with about 78 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie use?
Services from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie by flight leave from Ambodifotatra SMS and arrive at Sainte-Marie RUN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ambodifotatra to Sainte-Marie on September 15, 2026: 763 km of route against 741 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €65.04, and 4h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sainte-Marie is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Sainte-Marie and across Réunion
Day trips that leave Sainte-Marie in the morning and cover a good part of Réunion by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ambodifotatra reaches 3 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 138 to 741 km. Sainte-Marie reaches 16 places in 9 countries, from 230 to 9,372 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ambodifotatra
- 3Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Sainte-Marie
Leaving Sainte-Marie
- 16Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 5Operators