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Mozambique Diving
Selecting The Right Diving Trip
There are a few things to consider when choosing where to dive
in Mozambique:
What you would like to see
Your budget
Your diving capabilities
Accessibility – how easy / difficult is it to get there
So we have split the main areas and given a brief outline of each
to guide you:
Diving atTofo Mozambique
Diving Highlights: HUMPBACK WHALES
(seasonal),
MANTA RAYS,
TURTLES,
WHALE SHARKS, DOLPHINS
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Diving: Abundant mix of reef and game fish
Accommodation: simple to medium
Diving level: beginner to advanced – Advanced
and deep dive recommended as many dives are Negative entry
and good sites are 20 + metres deep
How to get there: Three days a week there are flights
from Maputo and Johannesburg to nearby Inhambane, driving
is tar road all the way into the village. (some out of the
village accommodation is along sandy tracks).
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Accommodation Options
Tofo Beach Casitas | Tofo Cabanas | Nordins
| Tofo Beach Hotel | Barries
Lodge | Tofinho
Self Catering
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Diving at Barra
Mozambique
Diving Highlights:
HUMPBACK WHALES (seasonal)
MANTA RAYS, TURTLES, SEAHORSES, WHALE SHARKS, DOLPHINS
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Diving: Abundant mix of reef and game fish
Accommodation: Medium to semi – luxury –
some limited camping soon.
Diving level: beginner to advanced – Advanced
and deep dive recommended as many dives are Negative entry
and good sites are 20 + metres deep
How to get there: Three days a week there are flights
from Maputo and Johannesburg to nearby Inhambane, driving
is tar road all until the last 12km (some places access by
2wd but some are down sandy tracks.
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Accommodation Options
Barra lodge | Anda Ca | Flamingo bay | Faraway
Lodge | Bali Hai | Montana lodge
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Guinjata Diving Mozambique
Diving Highlights:
HUMPBACK WHALES (seasonal)
MANTA RAYS, TURTLES, DOLPHINS.
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Diving: Abundant mix of reef and game fish
Accommodation: basic camping to semi – luxury.
Diving level: beginner to advanced – Advanced
and deep dive recommended as many dives are Negative entry
and good sites are 20 + metres deep
How to get there: Three days a week there are flights
from Maputo and Johannesburg to nearby Inhambane, driving
is with 4 wheel drive only as the last 20km is down a very
sandy track.
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Accommodation Options
Lighthouse
Reef | Palm
Resort | Rizoldo
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Diving in Vilanculos
Mozambique
(Vilankulo & the
Bazaruto Islands)
Diving Highlights:
TURTLES and OCTAPUS.
Best area for DUGONG but very rare.
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Diving: Great mix of shallow juvenile reef fish
and some drop offs
Accommodation: Simple to Luxury.
Diving Level: Beginner /Advanced
How to get there:
Flights: daily from Johannesburg, several times a week from
Maputo.
Driving: Tar road all the way to Vilanculos – but a
long drive.
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Accommodation Options
Palmerias | Smugglers Inn | Casa Rex | Casa Guci
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Diving in Pemba
(& Quirimbus Islands)
Mozambique
Diving Highlights:
Sheer NUMBERS and DIVERSITY of all the fish,
passing HUMPBACK WHALES (seasonal)
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Diving: Very unexplored and teeming with life,
great schools of all fish from reef to game fish, soft and
hard coral.
Accommodation: Simple to Luxury
Diving Level: Beginner / Advanced
How to get there:
Flights: Several times a week from Johannesburg and Maputo,
also limited flights from Dar Es Salaam Tanzania and Nairobi
Kenya.
Driving: Is possible to drive but a long journey from everywhere.
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Accommodation Options
Pemba Beach Hotel | Caracal | Wimbe Sun |
SAL
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