Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, History, Government and politics, Economy, People, Language, Religion, Culture
Chapter 2 Natural History
Vegetation, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Marine life
Chapter 3 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, Tourist information, Tour operators, Red tape, Getting there and away, Crime and safety, Women travellers, Gay travellers, Travellers with a disability, Travelling with children, What to take, Money, Budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays, Shopping, Photography, Media and communications, Responsible tourism, Getting involved
Chapter 4 Health
Preparations, Medical problems, Other safety concerns
Chapter 5 Diving and Snorkelling
Choosing an operator, Preparations before diving, During the dive, Snorkelling

PART TWO SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE
Chapter 6 Maputo
History, Getting there and away, Getting around, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Nightlife, Safety and hassles, Entertainment, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see and do, City walks, Day trips from Maputo
Chapter 7 Maputaland
Inhaca Island, Catembe, Bela Vista and Salamanga, Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Mamoli and Malongane, Ponta do Ouro
Chapter 8 The Limpopo Valley and Coast South of Inhambane
Marracuene and surrounds, Bilene, Limpopo National Park, Xai-Xai, Beaches around Xai-Xai, Northeast of Xai-Xai
Chapter 9 Inhambane and Surrounds
Inhambane, Maxixe, Beaches around Inhambane, North of Inhambane
Chapter 10 Vilankulo, Inhassoro and Bazaruto National Park
Vilankulo, Inhassoro, Bazaruto National Park

PART THREE CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE
Chapter 11 Beira
History, Getting there and away, Orientation and getting around, Where to stay, Where to eat and
drink, Other practicalities, What to see and do
Chapter 12 Chimoio and the Manica Highlands
Chimoio, Lake Chicamba, Manica, Penhalonga, Chimanimani National Reserve
Chapter 13 Gorongosa and the Caia Road
Gorongosa National Park, Mount Gorongosa, The EN1 from Inchope to Caia
Chapter 14 Tete
Tete, Around Tete

PART FOUR NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE
Chapter 15 Zambézia
Quelimane, The Quelimane-Nampula Road, The Western Highlands
Chapter 16 Nampula
Getting there and away, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Other practicalities, What to see
and do, Around Nampula
Chapter 17 Ilha de Moçambique and Surrounds
History, Getting there and away, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Shopping , Other practicalities, Exploring Ilha de Moçambique , Mossuril Bay, Nacala
Chapter 18 Pemba and the Northeast
Pemba, Montepuez, Towards Tanzania
Chapter 19 The Quirimbas
History, Ibo, Other islands of the Quirimbas, The Quirimbas mainland, Pangane
Chapter 20 Niassa Province
Cuamba, Mandimba and Massangulo, Lichinga, Lago Niassa (Lake Malawi), Niassa Reserve
Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Further Information
Index

About the Author

Philip Briggs has been exploring the highways, byways and backwaters of Africa since 1986, when he spent several months backpacking on a shoestring from Nairobi to Cape Town. In 1991, he wrote the Bradt Guide to South Africa, the first such guidebook to be published internationally after the release of Nelson Mandela. Over the rest of the 1990s, Philip wrote a series of pioneering Bradt travel guides to destinations that were then – and in some cases still are – otherwise practically uncharted by the travel publishing industry. These included the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana and Rwanda, all now in their fifth to seventh editions. More recently, he authored the first dedicated English-language guidebooks to Somaliland and Suriname, as well as a new guide to The Gambia, all published by Bradt. Also a prolific writer for magazines, he spends at least four months on the road every year, usually accompanied by his wife, the travel photographer Ariadne Van Zandbergen, and spends his rest of the time battering away at a keyboard in the sleepy South African coastal village of Wilderness.

This edition has been updated by Sandra Turay, a graduate of Ethnic Studies and Journalism whose curiosity for the world's peoples and places has led her to study, work, teach, volunteer (Peace Corps Ethiopia) and travel throughout Africa and hideaways across the globe.

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