Northern Mozambique, the Quirimbas Archipelago

For years the Quirimbas Archipelago just off the coast of Mozambique's northern-most province, the Cabo Delgado, has remained untouched by tourists. Too far off the beaten track to enable easy access, the archipelago has stayed unspoilt, visited by the lucky few.

The archipelago itself consists of a chain of 32 islands rising up from the depths of the Indian Ocean and stretching from the coastal town of Pemba almost 400km up to Mozambique's northern border with Tanzania. Home to a mosaic of wildlife both onshore and surrounding its pristine coral reefs, the archipelago has been known as a conservational jewel throughout Africa; whales fill the deaper channels in season, turtles breed on isolated sand banks and African Fish eagles scan the mangrove swamps. The diversity of this marine sanctuary is exemplary.

The Islands of Northern Mozambique are a new and exciting beach tack-on to Tanzania as they are only an hours flight from Dar - please see below