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Nature & LandscapesReef and Miombo
Coral reef the whole coast, miombo woodland inland, and the Rift's southern end at Gorongosa.
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MOZAMBIQUE · Tourism
Two Thousand Kilometres of Coast
The Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa — the Bazaruto and Quirimbas archipelagos, Ilha de Moçambique, Gorongosa's restored wildlife, and a Portuguese-Swahili culture that exists nowhere else.
Southern AfricaRegion
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Two thousand kilometres of coastKnown for
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Featured destinations
Where the country actually takes you.
Nature & Landscapes
MountainsMount Namuli and Gorongosa
Namuli at 2,419 metres, and Gorongosa's own mountain with rainforest on top of it.
Murchison of the South
Waterfalls off the Zambezi escarpment, and the Lugenda's rapids in the far north.
The Zambezi and Cahora Bassa
The Zambezi's last five hundred kilometres, and the Cahora Bassa lake above them.
Bazaruto and the Quirimbas
Dune islands in the south, coral islands in the north, and dhows between them.
Photo Leandro Bezerra / Pexels
Coastal Forest
The coastal dry forest of the north, and the mangrove that lines most of the delta.
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Wildlife & safari
What lives here, and how you see it without disturbing it.
Wildlife
Gorongosa
A park that lost almost everything in the war and has spent twenty years getting it back.
Photo 伟达 严 / Pexels
SafariNiassa and Gorongosa
Niassa is one of the largest reserves in Africa, and among the least visited anywhere.
Photo Keegan Checks / Pexels
Eco TourismGorongosa's Restoration
Local employment, local science, and a park brought back from nothing — worth understanding.
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Culture & heritage
The part of a country you cannot photograph from a vehicle.
Culture
Portuguese and Swahili
Five hundred years of Portuguese on a Swahili coast, and a culture made from both.
Photo Trung Nguyen / Pexels
Traditional PeopleMakonde and Makua
Makonde carving in the north, and the Makua women's mussiro face paint.
Photo Alírio Luís / Pexels
Peri-Peri and Matapa
Prawns with peri-peri, and matapa — cassava leaf and coconut — with rice.
Festivals & CelebrationsMarrabenta and Timbila
Marrabenta on the coast, and the Chopi timbila orchestras of Inhambane.
Traditional Arts & CraftsCarving and Basketry
Makonde blackwood carving, and the palm basketry of the northern islands.
Photo Edouard MIHIGO / Pexels
Historic SitesIlha de Moçambique
The old capital, on a coral island a kilometre long, with a fort at one end.
Photo Danilo Barbosa / Pexels
HeritageThe Swahili Coast
Ibo, Angoche and Sofala — Indian Ocean trading towns older than the Portuguese.
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Cities & everyday life
Where people actually live between the landmarks.
CitiesMaputo
Wide avenues, a Mediterranean seafront, and the market Eiffel's company built.
Coral Stone and Colonial
Coral rag on the islands, and Portuguese modernism through Maputo and Beira.
Local LifeThe Beach Market
Fish landed and sold on the sand, and the dhow that brought it still on the beach.
Warm Water All Year
Shallow, warm and calm inside the reef — as easy a sea as the continent offers.
Photo Nothing Ahead / Pexels
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Adventure & outdoors
For travellers who would rather walk it than watch it.
Adventure
Dive, Sail, Kayak
Manta and whale shark at Tofo, dhow safaris in the Quirimbas, and kayaks in the mangrove.
Photo Kristian Laine / Pexels
Outdoor ExperiencesDive and Sail
Whale shark season at Tofo, dhow safaris in the Quirimbas, and reef diving throughout.
Photo Trung Nguyen / Pexels
Luxury TravelIsland Lodges
A handful of very good island lodges in Bazaruto and the Quirimbas, and little else on them.
Photo Keegan Checks / Pexels
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Travel inspiration
The frames people come home with.
Photography / Scenic ViewsDhow Light
Lateen sails at either end of the day, and water that photographs as three colours at once.
Photo Akarsh Chandran / Pexels
Hidden GemsIbo Island
Silversmiths, a fort, mangrove channels, and about as far from a resort as it gets.
Why Visit This Country
The Coast Nobody Has Ruined Yet
Two thousand kilometres of Indian Ocean, and most of it still without a road to it.
The Coast Nobody Has Ruined Yet
Two thousand kilometres of Indian Ocean, and most of it still without a road to it.
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