Southern Mozambique Vacations
This southern area has a lot to recommend as a vacation destination, from the hustle and bustle of the capital city to beautiful beaches and towns!
When to Go
Best Time to Go
A lot of exciting variety
Wonderful for wildlife enthusiasts
Beautiful beaches & characterful towns
Amazing destinations to relax & unwind
Paradise Beaches & Impressive Marine Life
Home to the bustling capital city of Maputo, Southern Mozambique boasts some of Africa’s finest white-sand beaches, verdant landscapes, and a fantastic assortment of wildlife and marine life.
Activities
From exploring the capital city to encountering local wildlife and marine life, this region is home to a wealth of activities!
Explore Maputo
Discover local wildlife
Visit the beaches
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Most often used for a stop-off stay between safari and beach vacations, Maputo is fantastic for travelers who like to soak up a spot of culture! Originally named after Portuguese trader Lourenço Marques in 1544, Maputo was slow to expand until the late nineteenth century, when it was linked via railroad to South Africa’s gold-rush regions. Once established, Maputo experienced many decades of difficulties, but since the mid-to-late 1990s, peace has prevailed. Today, the city is developing slowly, with tourism playing a small yet significant role. This is a vibrant location, where old colonial-style buildings loom above market stalls, and vast avenues of acacia trees provide shade in the heat of the day.
From Maputo’s harbor, it is just a short boat ride to Inhaca Island. Spanning 52 sq. km of forests, farm fields, rolling plains, mangroves, and mudflats, this island is of immense interest to ecotourists and ecological researchers. The surrounding reefs, though damaged, nevertheless teem with king mackerel, giant trevally, pufferfish, seahorses and many more. All year round, dolphins frolic on the southern and western coasts, while during the summer, sea turtles come to the eastern shores to breed. And keen birders had better pack those binos, as the birdlife of Inhaca consists of approximately 300 resident and migratory species! Highlights include the pink-backed pelican, mangrove kingfisher and lesser crested tern.
Ponta Mamoli is one of the best beaches in Africa with its pristine powder-soft sands and sparkling sapphire waters. And if you ever leave your sunlounger to explore this pocket of paradise, a wide variety of landscapes lie in wait for you to find – verdant grasslands, arid savanna, swamp-filled forests, bulrush and papyrus floodplains, and coastal lakes. Just north of the border with South Africa, Ponta do Ouro is famous for its wonderful white-sand beaches and watersports galore. If you enjoy surfing and diving, and deep-sea fishing, you will love it here! You can also swim with dolphins, making for a truly memorable experience.
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