FEATURED DESTINATIONS
INHAMBANE
LAM Mozambique Airlines carries significant corporate traffic on its domestic flights from Maputo to Inhambane, one of Mozambique’s oldest villages and the starting point of many diving packages and beach getaways.
Customers can also combine Inhambane with Tofo, a surfer’s paradise, around 22km from Inhambane Town (or around six hours drive from Maputo).
Travel planners love Inhambane’s ivory beaches and selection of boutique resorts, villas, and luxury eco-lodges. Along with diving packages, we found plenty of tailored escapes for honeymooners and families, full moon parties, cultural experiences, and a long list of thrilling ocean experiences, from whale watching to swimming with dolphins, manta rays, and whale sharks.
The conditions for recreational fishing are excellent in Inhambane. Don’t forget to make time so customers can visit some of the local roadside eateries serving delicious meat, pizza, and seafood dishes either.
Travel tips:
- Take some cash along to Tofo as ATMs are limited.
- Malaria preventative medicine is recommended for a visit to Mozambique.
- Destination specialists, Mozambique Travel also suggest buying a SIM card as there is no Wi-Fi service.
- LAM Mozambique’s travel guides suggest the Zinave National Park for its diverse landscapes, from forest to woodlands. There are also lakes and savanna grasslands with animals like lions, leopards, hyenas, hippos, and crocodiles.
XAI-XAI
The city of Xai-Xai is the capital of Mozambique’s Gaza province. Nestled between Maputo and Inhambane, and south of Vilanculos and the Bazaruto Archipelago, it’s a relatively unknown destination waiting to be discovered.
According to LAM Mozambique Airlines’ destination guide, the province is famous for its shrimp cuisine, which is best served grilled with chicken and a side of warm cassaba (a root vegetable that looks a little like a sweet potato!) and traditional beer is made using cashew nuts.
Xai-Xai city is approximately 250km from Maputo, on the banks of the Limpopo River. It is buzzing with markets, shops, restaurants, and bars, and travellers will find services like banks and petrol stations.
Customers can follow red sandy paths to the river mouth in a 4×4 – and don’t forget to suggest a stop at a local Xai-Xai village.
Xai-Xai is also popular as a recreational fishing destination and for swimming, windsurfing, jet skiing, and diving along the area’s 150 km coastline.
Some of the more popular and well-known beaches include Bilene, Zongoene, Xai-Xai, and Chongoene.
Another reason to visit Gaza is the Limpopo National Park, which sits around 240km from Xai-Xai. Customers can lose (or find) themselves in untouched forests and spot Big Five wildlife.
TETE
Tete, a port city in west-central Mozambique, is on the right bank of the Zambezi River. It’s one of the country’s busier business centres, and Tete Chingozi Airport, while still small by some standards, is the fourth-largest airport in Mozambique.
Tete has rich coal mines and was once a big market for ivory and gold. The Cahora Bassa dam – one of Mozambique’s most prized developments – is also in Tete.
According to LAM Mozambique’s travel guide for Tete, a boat ride on the dam is a fantastic experience. Tete is also a popular fishing destination and famous for its cultural Nyau masked dance performances.
Also on Tete’s tourist route are the remains of the Boroma Church, an old Catholic mission about 25km outside of Tete, and Forte de São Tiago, built by the Portuguese empire in the 16th century.
Destination specialists love Tete because of its many indigenous baobab trees, and a small suspension bridge that resembles a miniature version of the one in San Francisco adds to Tete’s character.
