Maputo
Maputo (previously Lourenzo Marques) is the capital of Mozambique. Under Portuguese influence, it became one of Africa's most beautiful and fashionable cities with an impressive skyline of tall buildings and a cosmopolitan Portuguese/African atmosphere. Maputo boasts interesting classic colonial Portuguese architecture, a modern, bustling capital city and pulsating night life to the colourful markets and small fishing villages which dot the coast. Due to the war in the 1970s and 1980 the once proud city was in terrible disrepair. Today the city is slowly recreating some of its former glory. Maputo's most important landmark is the Fort of Nossa Senhora da Conceiao (Our Lady of Conception). The infamous Fere de Populare has dozens of bars and discos where Mozambicans dance well into the night to seductive Latino beats. Two islands (Inhaca and Portuguese Island) lie just off the coast. A regular ferry service takes visitors from Maputo's fishing harbor to Inhaca Island.

Inhaca Island
Situated in the middle of Maputo Bay and is just 45 minutes by dhow or 10 min by air. Visitors can enjoy swimming and snorkelling in the lagoon, or walk for miles along deserted beaches fringed by mangroves.

Ponto do Ouro
Ponto do Ouro offers a superb holiday destination and activities such as surf fishing for barracuda, kingfish and bream, scuba diving, diving with sharks, dolphins and giant whale sharks. Gentler pursuits include whale- and dolphin-watching trips (you can even swim with the dolphins), viewing turtles (who lay their eggs on the beach in the summer months), swimming, and long beach walks.

Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
The establishment of this park will incorporate South Africa's Kruger National Park, Mozambique's Limpopo National Park and the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe and is set to become Africa's greatest game reserve.

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