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If you plan to visit one destination in Mozambique this string of islands should be it. The main ones are Santa Carolina, Bazaruto, Benguerra and Magaruque. They offer a quintessential tropical holiday with isolated palm and casuarinas tree shaded beaches. There are rich tropical reefs, clear warm water and excellent surf, plus rock and fly-fishing.
The archipelago’s islands were formed when sand was deposited here hundreds of thousands of years ago by the waters of the Limpopo River. The estuary of this great river has now been shifted through various tectonic forces several hundred kilometres to the south. During low tide many white sandy islands pop up, covered in shells. 6 hours later they will be 10 meters underwater again. Legend has it that the Portuguese disposed of prisoners this way, by dropping them off on a beautiful deserted island.
Santa Carolina, which is the smallest and most northerly of the islands, is an exception and is comprised of rock and coral. In the 1970s the islands and the channel were declared a national park, and now funding and management is provided by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, South African Nature Trust and the Endangered Wildlife Trust. They control long-line fishermen, the sale of shell-fish, traditional fishing and conserve the wildlife on the islands.
