Luxury Vacations in Mozambique

Waves roll lazily across the long, empty amber shores of Mozambique, carrying a cargo of precious turtles returning to the very spot where they were born. Dolphins spiral through surf and humpbacks breach along the coast of Maputo Special Reserve, one of several protected areas helping wildlife to bounce back after years of Civil War.

Those difficult days are recalled in outspoken artworks painted on walls in time-frozen capital Maputo, an architectural museum piece of Art Deco, Brutalist and Modernist beauties. Bohemian cafés, music spaces and galleries continue to throng with a creative zeal and restaurants serve fine seafood caught by fishermen in wooden dhows. The Indian Ocean’s delights are best explored further north in the Bazaruto Archipelago, diving or snorkeling on pristine coral reefs. Sleepy afternoons can be spent below the shade of bountiful cashew nut trees, watching the sky slowly simmer into a tangerine haze.