by Sam Hollis | Apr 30, 2023 | Coast trips, Underwater wildlife
Santa Maria is part of the mainland of Mozambique, but from Maptuo is easier to go by boat than drive. It’s at the end of a peninsula in the Maputo national park. To drive its one and a half hours on the good Chinese built road as far as the park entrance, then four...
by Sam Hollis | Jan 29, 2023 | Coast trips, Underwater wildlife
Diving I have discovered is a process of which being under water is only a part. It’s a sport with a lot of kit and quite a lot of faffing. If you are not willing to relax and go with the flow, and are impatient to be in the water, then I don’t think it’s the sport...
by Sam Hollis | Jan 8, 2022 | Coast trips, Covid 19, Travel, Underwater wildlife
We decided something totally different on Christmas day would be good, so, we booked the trip to Santa Carolina, or paradise island. We were staying in Vilankulos at the beach lodge, and after breakfast overlooking the sea we wandered down to the beach where we...
by Zoe Hanslip | Aug 15, 2021 | Coast trips, Near Maputo, Underwater wildlife
After a period of staying home most weekends, as a result of Covid related restrictions, we felt it was time to get out again and find out what we could do despite beaches being closed and restaurants only opening for lunch. We returned to Sky Island, a favourite...
by Sam Hollis | Oct 18, 2020 | Coast trips, Travel, Underwater wildlife
Many places you visit are over-hyped, over-promoted and over-sold. This isn’t the case for Vilankulos. I knew relatively little about it before we came. I knew there was an archipelago just off the coast that was a marine reserve, there was some horse riding and...
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