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Karthala

Karthala is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with a crater four kilometres across, the coelacanth was found alive off these islands after eighty million years, and Moroni's stone town is the least visited Swahili port on the coast.

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27Tourism experiences

An active volcano, and the fish that came back from the deadKnown for

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Featured destinations

Where the country actually takes you.

Charming european architecture in strasbourg, Comoros

Three Islands and a Claim

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli, each volcanic, each different, and Mayotte disputed.

Photo Ramon Karolan / Pexels

A person standing on top of a hill with a mountain in the background, Comoros

The Volcanic Interior

Karthala at 2,361 metres on Grande Comore, and Ntringui on Anjouan.

Photo Balázs Gábor / Pexels

Waterfalls in mountain, Comoros

Anjouan's Cascades

The Dziancoundre falls, and streams off the interior that run all year.

Photo Greggalas official / Pexels

Traditional salt harvesting on pink lake, Comoros

No Rivers on Grande Comore

The lava is too porous to hold a river — the water is in cisterns and Lake Sale.

Photo Alejandra Guzman / Pexels

Serene beach scene with boats in mauritius, Comoros

Black Sand and White

Black volcanic sand on Grande Comore, and white on Moheli and Anjouan.

Photo Chen EdisoN / Pexels

A mount inerie volcano, Comoros

The Last Forest

Karthala's forest, and Moheli's, hold the bats, the flying fox and the endemic birds.

Photo hartono subagio / Pexels

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Wildlife & safari

What lives here, and how you see it without disturbing it.

Coconut trees on a forest, Comoros

Wildlife

Livingstone's Fruit Bat

A metre and a half across, found on Anjouan and Moheli and nowhere else.

Photo Alexey Demidov / Pexels

Boulders on sea shore, Comoros

Moheli Marine Park

Turtles nesting in numbers, dugong, and humpbacks calving between July and October.

Photo Quang Nguyen Vinh / Pexels

Camera man shooting a local person, Comoros

Moheli's Community Park

The marine park is run with the villages, and the turtle numbers have held because of it.

Photo Brian kimotho / Pexels

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Culture & heritage

The part of a country you cannot photograph from a vehicle.

Close up of hands stringing jasmine flowers, Comoros

Culture

Swahili, and Ylang-Ylang

A Swahili island culture, and most of the world's ylang-ylang for perfume.

Photo AMOL NAKVE / Pexels

Woman in lace dress, Comoros

The Grand Mariage

The anda — a marriage that confers social rank, and can take a decade to afford.

Photo Adera Abdoulaye Dolo / Pexels

Seafood with salad on plate, Comoros

Langouste and Pilao

Lobster off the reef, pilao rice with cardamom, and vanilla and clove in everything.

Photo Change C.C / Pexels

Small park with a bench and trees in a town by the mountain, Comoros

The Grand Mariage Season

Weddings run through the dry season and take over whole villages for days.

Photo Andrius La Rotta / Pexels

A woman in white and red floral long sleeve shirt standing on brown grass field, Comoros

Woodwork, Gold and Embroidery

Carved doors, gold wedding jewellery, and the embroidered kofia cap.

Photo Asal Hoseini / Pexels

Wooden interior of traditional mosque, Comoros

The Medina of Moroni

A Swahili stone town with the Old Friday Mosque on the harbour since 1427.

Photo Sami TÜRK / Pexels

Unrecognizable muslim woman in traditional headscarf walking on street, Comoros

Nothing Listed, Much Standing

No World Heritage sites, and Swahili stone towns on all three islands.

Photo Julia Volk / Pexels

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Cities & everyday life

Where people actually live between the landmarks.

Old narrow street in city, Comoros

Moroni and Mutsamudu

A volcanic harbour capital, and Anjouan's stone town under a citadel.

Photo Julia Volk / Pexels

Pristine coral reef in shallow coastal waters, Comoros

Swahili Stone

Coral-stone houses with carved doors, and the mosque architecture of the whole coast.

Photo K0uTo@sTeik / Pexels

Beautiful islamic architecture with green domes, Comoros

The Harbour at Moroni

Dhows unloading onto the rocks, and the mosque directly behind them.

Photo Zoel Khoiri / Pexels

Back view shot of father and children sitting on the shallow part of the beach, Comoros

Turtles and Shallow Reef

Moheli's nesting beaches, and reef close enough in to snorkel from the sand.

Photo Atlantic Ambience / Pexels

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Adventure & outdoors

For travellers who would rather walk it than watch it.

Mountains around lake, Comoros

Adventure

Climbing Karthala

Overnight from Boboni, camping on the rim, and down the next day.

Photo ArtHouse Studio / Pexels

Unrecognizable person diving above rocks, Comoros

Volcano and Reef

Karthala overnight, and diving the drop-offs on the same trip.

Photo Daniel Torobekov / Pexels

People swimming on the beach, Comoros

Small and Simple

Guesthouses and a few beach hotels. Nothing at the top end anywhere.

Photo Dre Dawkcide / Pexels

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Travel inspiration

The frames people come home with.

Clouds over mountain peak, Comoros

Volcano and Ocean

Karthala's rim at first light, with the Indian Ocean on every side of it.

Photo HECTOR GARCIA / Pexels

Close up of sculpture of person lying down, Comoros

The Coelacanth

Caught off these islands in 1938, having been extinct for eighty million years.

Photo K / Pexels

Why Visit This Country

Why Comoros

An active volcano, a living fossil, and a Swahili stone town nobody visits.

Why Comoros

An active volcano, a living fossil, and a Swahili stone town nobody visits.

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