Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hotel Chez Natalie $$
( 82-439 6080, 272-81092; natalie.bockel@gmail.com; campsite per person Mtc300, d
without bathroom Mtc800, 4-person chalets without/with internet & hot water Mtc2000/
2200; )
The best bet in town if you have your own transport, with large grounds over-
looking the estuary, camping, a handful of spacious family-style four-person chalets with
running water and mosquito nets, and a grill. Very tranquil. Breakfast and other meals are
available with advance arrangement only. It's 2.5km from the town centre; watch for the
barely signposted left-hand turn-off from Avenida Samora Machel onto Avenida Eduardo
Mondlane just after passing Clubé de Moçimboa. Continue along Avenida Eduardo
Mondlane past the small Praça do Paz on your left for 400m. Turn left next to a large tree
onto a small dirt path, and continue about 1km past a row of local-style houses to Chez
Natalie. With advance notice,
mapiko
dancing can be arranged.
CHALET
Complexo de Contentores de Ilha Vumba $$
( 82-311 4750; r small/large Mtc1420/2500; )
This place, a temporary housing com-
plex for oil and tourism project workers, has clean, air-conditioned rooms in trailers. It
also has Moçimboa's best
restaurant
(meals from Mtc180)
. It's along the road paralleling
the beach.
BUNGALOW
Pensão-Residencial Magid $
( 272-81099; Avenida Samora Machel; r Mtc500)
A short walk downhill from the
transport stand and convenient to the Grupo Mecula bus 'garage', with basic rooms shar-
ing facilities.
PENSION
AFRICAN
Restaurante Estrelha $
(Avenida Samora Machel; meals from Mtc150)
Restaurante Estrelha is opposite the police
station and on the right, just before the park. There's outdoor seating and, with luck, a
choice of grilled chicken or fish.
Information
If you're travelling by dhow and enter or leave Mozambique here, have your passport
stamped at the immigration office just back from the beach in the lower part of town. An
immigration officer meets arriving international flights.
