Culture
Photography
Dhow silhouettes, Art Deco façades, dune islands and the light that makes them all work.
Mozambique gives photographers extraordinary material: the ochre and lime walls of Ilha and Ibo, dhows against low sun, the geometry of Maputo's modernist architecture, aerial patterns of sandbanks in Bazaruto, and markets full of colour. Always ask before photographing people, and avoid photographing government buildings, ports, airports and military installations.
Destinations — Photography
Niassa
Niassa Special Reserve
42,000 km² of miombo wilderness on the Lugenda river — one of the largest protected areas in Africa.
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Niassa
Lake Niassa
The Mozambican shore of Lake Malawi: clear freshwater, rocky coves and hundreds of endemic fish species.
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Cabo Delgado
Ibo Island
A Swahili-Portuguese stone town in the Quirimbas, with three fortresses and a living silversmith tradition.
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Nampula
Island of Mozambique
A UNESCO World Heritage island: coral-stone Stone Town, Africa's oldest European building, and Makuti Town's daily life.
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Tete
Cahora Bassa
One of Africa's largest reservoirs — an inland sea on the Zambezi, known for tiger fishing.
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Tete
Tete
A hot Zambezi crossing town of baobabs, bridges and river trade, at the heart of the interior corridor.
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Manica
Chimanimani
Quartzite peaks, clear rivers and Mozambique's highest ground at Monte Binga, 2,436 m.
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Sofala
Beira
Mozambique's second city: a weathered modernist port town with an extraordinary architectural legacy.
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Sofala
Gorongosa National Park
One of Africa's most ambitious wildlife restoration projects, at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley.
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Inhambane
Bazaruto Archipelago
Five dune islands in a protected national park — turquoise channels, towering sand ridges and dugongs.
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Inhambane
Inhambane Town
One of the oldest towns on the East African coast, still built around a working dhow harbour.
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Maputo Province
Maputo National Park
Where elephants walk to the beach — dune forest, lakes and coastline two hours from the capital.
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