Maputo – The sprawling capital of Mozambique with an impressive skyline and a cosmopolitan Portuguese/African atmosphere, Maputo offers arrange of great excursion packages for the whole family including a fun city tour and a visit to Maputo’s bustling lively artisans markets, shopping, museums and restaurants serving the best prawns and peri peri chicken. The upbeat tempo incorporating old and modern cultures the city of Maputo is fascinating.
Pemba – The main city of the Cabo Delgado Province, a traditional Mozambique fishing port offering scuba diving and world-class blue water fishing.
Lugenda Wildlife Reserve – in the Niassa Province, is an untouched 45 000km² expanse of land teeming with wildlife, including the endemic Johnston’s Impala, Niassa Wildebeest and Boehm’s Zebra.The reserve has a wild dog population of global significance and the prolific birdlife includes more than 400 species. Four species are classified as globally threatened. The rare African Pitta is present.
Gorongosa National Park – Mozambique’s flagship conservation area with a remarkable history; before the onset of civil war in the 1970’s, the Park was considered one of Africa’s finest. Now the Park is seeking to re-establish the wildlife numbers of the past, a project initiated by the government and the Carr Foundation. The Park is home to populations of oribi, reedbuck, impala, waterbuck, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, warthog and sable. Predators are recovering slowly. Birding at Gorongosa is incredible: Collared Palm Thrush, the Green Coucal, Narina Trogon and African Skimmer. Lake Urema provides a home to water birds. Mount Gorongosa is a wildlife treasure, its rainforest containing an incredible number of endemic and uncommon species.
Portuguese Island – An uninhabited island, a protected reserve and home to countless birds, crabs and wide unspoiled beaches. Hidden lagoons and mangrove trees add to the magic of this beautiful destination. Alternatively the whole family can join their conservation lecturer for a fascinating, educational walk around this unique tropical island.
Bazaruto Island – A sandy island located in the Indian Ocean. The vacation activities here are nature orientated where the family can take time to soak up the simple pleasures of this lovely island nature reserve: swim in the azure waters or take a trip surf fishing or big game fishing. You can also tour Bazaruto on a traditional ‘dhow’ (sailing boat).
Benguerra Island - One of the largest islands off the Mozambican coast with magnificent high sand dunes, green lakes inhabited by crocodiles, and lush coastal bush teeming with indigenous birdlife. Specials include Blue-throated Sunbird and Rudd’s Apalis. World-class scuba diving and snorkelling. Excellent accommodation options.
Inhambane Province - A main centre of tourism today due to the existence of the biggest archipelago, Bazaruto. Inhambane is a fascinating town and worth a visit if you are staying at a nearby hotel.
Barra Lodge – One of the most picturesque areas in Mozambique– pristine beaches with the crystal waters of the Indian Ocean on one side and the Inhambane estuary on the other. Barra Lodge welcomes the whole family to join in deep sea fishing, diving, snorkeling, quad riding and catamaran cruising.
Inhaca Island – A densely wooded island off Maputo, 10 minutes by light aircraft. Excellent diving and snorkelling. Birding is rewarding with sightings including Green Malkoha and Narina’s Trogon.
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