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port - ask any of the children who come to meet the boat to show you the way. Continent-
al/full breakfast costs Mtc150/250 extra.
HOSTEL
Tikidiri $
( 82-590 3944; Airfield road; campsite per person Mtc100, s/d Mtc150/300)
This
community-run place, about 2km from the dhow port opposite the old Catholic cemetery
along the path leading to the airfield, has basic but clean stone-and-thatch bungalows with
nets, bucket baths and clean drop toilets. There's no electricity and no breakfast, but good
local meals can be arranged (from Mtc100), as can guides for exploring the island and
elsewhere in the archipelago.
Casa de Lucy $
( 82-815 2892; d Mtc800)
Just up from the dhow port and before Ibo Island Lodge,
with two nice rooms (one overlooking the water), and some more under construction.
Meals can be arranged.
GUESTHOUSE
GUESTHOUSE
Panela Africana Guesthouse & Restaurant $
(African Pot; 82-535 3113; sstephanec@hotmail.com; d US$30-40, meals
Mtc250-350, set menu Mtc500; restaurant noon-3pm & 6pm until late)
About 75m
past and diagonally opposite Santo António fort in Bairro Rituto, with three rooms at-
tached to the family house and a gourmet restaurant, featuring Mozambican-French fusion
cuisine. During the dry season, Stephane, the owner, can also arrange dhow safaris to the
other islands on his sleeper dhow,
Maisha
.
Ibo Island Lodge $$$
(
www.iboisland.co.za
;
s/d with full board US$460/720; )
This nine-room luxury
boutique hotel - the most upmarket accommodation on Ibo - is housed in two restored
mansions in a prime setting overlooking the water near the dhow port. Relax on the sea-
facing verandas, enjoy a sundowner overlooking the water, or luxuriate in the comforts of
the rooms.
LODGE
Pensão Café do Ibo $
(Ibo Coffee Guesthouse; 82-551 7501, 82-658 7111; Airfield rd; r Mtc1200-1500)
This private home has clean, quiet, slightly cramped rooms in a small house opposite a
coffee plantation. It's about a 10-minute walk from the dhow port, following the road to-
wards the airfield, with the water to your right.
PENSION
