The Bazaruto Archipelago consists of five incredibly beautiful islands; Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, Santa Carolina and Bangue. This is one of the most beautiful destinations on the African continent. This area is now protected as a conservation area and national park.

Key highlights are...

• Known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean'
• The perfect Honeymoon destination
• Protected as a conservation area and national park
• Coral reefs are home to thousands of fish
• The largest dugong population along the eastern African coast

Rich pearl beds prized by the Queen of Sheba; beautiful kidnapped Indian princesses; infamous slave traders; shipwrecks and illicit German gold… the stories abound in the largely unwritten history of the Bazaruto Archipelago islands.

It is supposed that the first visitors to the Bazaruto Archipelago were ancient Phoenicians in search of Pearls… since then similar dreams of wealth and power have attracted many others to this historically conflicted part of Africa.

Now though there is a different dream attracting visitors… the dream of an unspoiled, undeveloped and unpopulated paradise.  Where the beaches are a dazzling white, the ocean is warm and blue, and the diverse environment is pristine.

Relax on unspoiled beaches or dive the pristine, uncharted depths. Take a walk through the indigenous forest and enjoy excellent bird watching, or have a castaway picnic on a remote stretch of beach. Spend hours teasing the fish on fly or indulge in a relaxing aromatherapy massage.

There are freshwater lakes, home to crocodiles, fish and migrant wading birds; mangroves, where one regularly sees the beautiful ‘Greater flamingo’; remnant forests along the dunes; grasslands and swamps which house a variety of bird life and mammals. In the surrounding ocean, which attracts the majority of tourists, there are near-pristine inshore and offshore coral reefs; sea-grass beds, upon which the dugong (the legendary mermaid) and turtles feed; good stocks of pelagic fishes, and long stretches of sandy beaches.

There are high quality hotels on two of the islands. To reach the Bazaruto Archipelago islands it is easiest to travel by air from Maputo and Beira or to fly directly from a neighbouring country via Vilanculos where there are immigration and custom services.

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