Thirty years ago Mozambique was
the playground for travel-restricted South Africans. Then a
brutal civil war took it off the map for even the most intrepid
traveller. Today the resorts are rapidly being rebuilt; the
southern coast is only a day’s drive from Johannesburg;
and the country has Africa’s fastest developing tourism
economy.
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Bazaruto
Archipelago |
| The Bazaruto Archipelago
is a string of islands nestled in a bank of exquisite
coral reefs on the edge of the deep Mozambique Channel... |
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| Vilanculos |
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| Vilanculos, 700km north
of Maputo, is the springboard town for the Bazaruto Archipelago,
the chain of islands that are dotted along the coast... |
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Inhambane |
| This is a tropical
area with deserted white beaches and clear tropical waters,
virtually undiscovered by tourists. The town of Inhambane
is one of the oldest settlements in southern Africa... |
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| Maputo |
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| Maputo, previously called
Lourenzo Marques, is the sprawling capital of Mozambique
with a population of about 2 million people and a large
harbour... |
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