Vamizi Island, Mozambique: A photo safari
After a spectacular safari season, my family and I spent a week on northern Mozambique’s Vamizi Island, a small, 12-km long isle of the finest sugar sand and coastal bushland in the Indian Ocean. Remote and somewhat difficult to get to, it is a perfect destination for families as well as couples. There are just four exquisite private villas and one small ‘lodge’ consisting of several well-spaced, independent rooms within a 5-10 minute walk along the beach from the main dining area and bar.
With some of the best diving and snorkeling in the Indian Ocean, sea turtle nests, humpback whales, giant coconut crabs, and too many assorted hermit crabs for two children to ever count, Vamizi demands to be visited more than once….
Here is a little photo safari from our trip:
Our first glimpse of the island.
Dining by the sea
Ollie snorkeling with the fish above the staghorn coral.
The first of many, many hermit crabs.
Our own private beach.
Coral and clam.
Discovering a starfish.
The bedroom of our “kitala”.
The lovely, open bathroom in our “kitala”, complete with Africology bath products made with African essential oils.
The verandah of our kitala.
Fresh fruit and homemade bread for breakfast.
The chef’s homemade muesli and jams.
Weaver birds were building their nests and courting at the bar.
The Vamizi Noodle Thief strikes again!
Hermit crabs big….
…and hermit crabs small!
We found speckled moray eels in tidal pools.
Herons hunted along the shore.
Sunset at the old Portuguese lighthouse on the tip of the island.
A visit to the Muntu Nkulu estuary on the other side of the island.
A subspecies of blue monkey called the samango monkey inhabits Vamizi as well as coastal Mozambique.
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