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Millennium BIM (Avenida Liberdade) Has an ATM.
Getting There & Away
Chapas go daily to/from Nampula (Mtc150, four hours), departing from the transport
stand at the top entrance to town, about 1km from the central area. The first departure is at
2.30am (4.30am from Nampula to Angoche). All go via Nametil. Going via Corrane
(Nampula-Corrane- Liupo-Angoche) is possible with your own high-clearance 4WD, but
not recommended, as the stretch from Corrane to Liupo is in poor condition.
With your own transport (4WD), or with time and persistence on public transport, it's
possible to travel between Angoche and Monapo (near Mozambique Island) via the size-
able settlement of Liupo on a good dirt road.
Mozambique Island (Ilha de
Moçambique)
Crescent-shaped Mozambique Island (Ilha de Moçambique) measures only 3km in length
and barely 500m in width at its widest section. Yet it has played a larger-than-life role in
East African coastal life over the centuries, and today is one of the region's most fascinat-
ing destinations - part slowly reawakening ghost town, part lively fishing community. It's
also a picturesque and exceptionally pleasant place to wander around.
Mozambique Island's fusion of cultures is best seen in Stone Town, as the quiet, cob-
webbed northern half of the island is known. Here, you'll find the majority of historic
buildings, most constructed between the early-16th and late-19th centuries when the Por-
tuguese occupied the island and most original residents were banished to the mainland.
Graceful praças rimmed by once-grand churches, colonnaded archways and stately
colonial-era buildings line the quiet, cobbled streets. Makuti Town - the island's younger,
more colourful southern half - reflects Mozambique Island's other face. It dates from the
late-19th century, and is where most islanders now live, with its thatched-roof huts, nar-
row alleyways echoing with the sounds of children playing and chickens squawking, and
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