Mozambique - Featured Trips

This itinerary is designed to give you some of the best off-the-beaten track destinations in Mozambiqiue. Start exploring Gorongosa - one of the most exciting new experiences in Africa! - offering a huge diversity of habitats, species and flora. Ten move onto Nuarro, a unique 'beach & bush' lodge with world class diving. And finish the itinerary on Ibo Island, rich with history and culture.

Gorongosa National Park is ecologically unique, an area with high species diversity and environmental features found nowhere else on the sub-continent. It is home to a great diversity of animals and plants, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. From the lumbering elephant to the endemic Green-Headed Oriole and from the famed Gorongosa lions to the rarely seen fire squirrels, Gorongosa offers a unique experience.

Explore Gorongosa is the first private ecotourism initiative in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. This adventure safari offers a luxury walking and/or water-based safari experience, combined with day and night game drives to fully explore the Gorongosa National Park. The safari itineraries are 100% flexible and subject to change depending on the season and according to guest's interests. In addition to the wildlife experience, this safari also provides guests with first-hand insights into the innovative restoration project underway within the Park.

Fly with LAM from Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport to Beira Airport. Meet & greet in Beira and road transfer to Explore Gorongosa. You will be met by your guide and time to relax and unwind after your journey. Option for a late afternoon visit to the nearby Vinho village for an introduction to the innovative 'benefits beyond boundaries' programme being implemented by the Park, and interact with the lively folks from Vinho. Overnight at Explore Gorongosa Tented Camp on FB basis.

Breakfast is followed by a gentle river-based safari along the chanels of the Pungwe River. Visit the Gorongosa Sanctuary, home to a multitude of reintroduced animals awaiting further release into the Park before enjoying a riverside picnic brunch. Take an afternoon game drive in an open game-drive vehicle to Explore Gorongosa Tented Camp. After a short siesta you will embark on a mellow drive through to Songue for sundowners. Return to camp for a four-course dinner served under the stars on the banks of the Msicadzi River. Overnight at Explore Gorongosa Tented Camp on FB basis.

The day starts with a guided morning walk along the Msicadzi River whose year-round pools attract much game and birdlife during the dry season, followed by brunch and a short siesta. Take another walk in the afternoon through the game-rich fever tree forest fringes that border the vast floodplains of the park. Just before sunset your guide takes you by vehicle to your next camp, a fly camp set in a stunning location in the middle of a nearby fever tree forest. Dinner is served by the light of the moon, before you retire to your skybed on raised platform, with only a mosquito net between you and the stars.

Start the day with breakfast followed by a walk, crossing the vast floodplain where herds of sable are often sighted, towards the lower reaches of the Msicadzi River, home to Gorongosa's famous Lion House of old. After a late-morning feast brunch, this afternoon the legs are given a break as you take an extended drive through some of the spectacular scenery that makes up the rest of Gorongosa. After a welcome sundowner on the banks of Lake Urema, a spot-lit night drive takes you back to your camp. Overnight at Explore Gorongosa Tented Camp on FB basis.

After a hearty fry-up breakfast rounds off your Explore Gorongosa experience, before being transferred by road to Beira Airport. Here you will catch a LAM flight to Nampula Airport, where you will be picked up and transferred by road to Nuarro. Nuarro is a unique 'beach & bush' lodge with world class shore diving. It offers a tropical coastline with private beaches, unspoiled bush with unique biodiversity, and enchanting traditions, history & culture. Overnight at Nuarro Lodge on FB basis.

Full days to enjoy the galore of activities, including all levels of scuba diving, fishing, day trips to Ilha de Mozambique (all at additional cost); snorkeling, sea kayaking, whale watching (in season), dhow sailing cruise, eco bush & bike trails, village tours, and last but not least bird watching (all complimentary). You will also enjoy a half hour back & neck massage for total relaxation. Overnight at Nuarro Lodge on FB basis.

After breakfast a road transfer from Nuarro to Nampula Airport to catch an internal flight on LAM to Pemba Airport. Here you will be connect with an air transfer to Ibo Island. Ibo Island has been described as one of the most unique and magical islands in the world and is the perfect place to explore its beaches, beautiful marine ecosystems and its rich history & culture. Overnight at Ibo Island Lodge on FB basis.

Once Mozambique's mighty trading centre, Ibo Island has remained all but forgotten to the outside world for almost a century. Wandering around this colonial little town amongst old forts and ancient romantic buildings you can feel the history and fascinating stories crunching under your feet. Enjoy the guided historical tour, visit the community projects and daily transfers to a private sandbank beach (included in your trip). Other activities include guided sea kayak trip into the mangroves, dhow sailing, island hopping, snorkelling and massages. Overnight at Ibo Island Lodge on FB basis.

Air transfer from Ibo Island to Pemba Airport and onward LAM flight to Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport.

The itinerary above gives you a sample of the type of experience you can expect on the 4 night adventure during the dry season. The park is best explored on foot and by vehicle throughout the dry season from May to mid December. The months of July to September are the coolest and driest months, whilst September and October have some of the better game-viewing out on the floodplains.

The wet season experience on the Explore Gorongosa luxury safaris takes on a completely different look and feel to that of the dry season. Between February and the end of April, the park turns into a real birders paradise. Resembling a giant inland delta, for just a couple of months the waterlogged Urema system is filled with water lilies, water birds, and pretty much anything else that loves the water!

During the wet season walking activities are replaced by canoe safaris along the channels of the watery delta of the Urema floodplains. Your fly camp is a pontoon-based sanctuary in the middle of a floodplain, where you will you literally drift off to sleep onboard your floating tent platform.

Low Season:
£3,460 per person sharing

Peak Season:
£3,770 per person sharing

Terms and Conditions apply. Price is subject to availability and subject to change due to currency fluctuation.

4 Nights Explore Gorongosa (FB + local soft & alcoholic drinks)
3 Nights Nuarro Lodge (FB)
3 Nights Ibo Island Lodge (FB)
Safari activities & park fees in Gorongosa
All complementary activities and half hour back & neck massage at Nuarro
Guided historical Ibo tour, daily beach transfers and community project visits
All land & air transfers as in itinerary above

Optional activities such as scuba diving
International flights to Johannesburg
Items of a personal nature
Tips and gratuities
Travel insurance
Visa cost