Mozambique

My private island in Mozambique

So Mozambique is the only country that we really want to go to that needs me to have a pre-arranged visa to get into. This seemed like a pain in the arse, but it's actually not that difficult and we can get it from Cape Town.

It's totally worth getting the visa as Mozambique looks fricking awesome.

Fricking awesome!

The plan is to drive from Cape Town along the coast of SA and up Mozambique and onwards.  We'll have bought our awesome new car by this stage so we'll start camping properly by this stage.  There seem to be enough campsites along the coast so I figure we'll be fine.








Here's an example of the sort of sites that we're going to stay at.

And here's shed loads of campsites and other places that we can stay at.

A town in Mozambique (don't know which town)

Here's the Government pages on Moz.

A nice hill in Mozambique (don't know where this is either)

We like the look of Nacala, and as it is quite close to the boarder to Tanzania it seems like a good place to stop at.  This is where we'd like to stay in Nacala.

"See how useful research is!"

I have been getting a bit concerned about crossing the borders around Africa, but now I've done a little research I think it'll be ok.

Here's some useful but slightly dull info on Entry requirements for Mozambique.

To get out of Mozambique and into Tanzania there seems to be 2 options.

Option One: There is a bridge called the Unity Bridge that crosses the river. The bridge is in the middle of nowhere pretty much.  Once you get across the bridge you still need to drive for a LOT of hours till you get somewhere that there will definitely be accommodation.

Option Two: You can get the ferry. The ferry is much closer to Nacala, but it scares the crap out of me. This is the ferry:

Are we going to put our precious car and home on this ferry?

Here's some info I found on getting out of Mozambique:

The main border post is at Kilambo (Tanzania) which you can get to via minibus from Mtwara. To cross the border requires a trip across the Ruvuma River and depending on the tides and the season, this could be a simple quick canoe trip or an hour long ferry ride. The border post in Mozambique is at Namiranga.