Hi Claus. I know people who have stayed at Vamizi, an island in the Quirimbas which is meant to be seriously amazing. It is definately not reasonably priced, but is very comfortable, exclusive with great diving, and game fishing. You can fly there direct from Dar. See vamizi.com . I think the more reasonably priced places are on the mainland. I know driving is an option in Mozambique, but the roads - particularly in northern Mozambique - are bad and you can expect it take twice as long as you'd think, and you'll probably go through a few tyres...

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Hi Claus,
The best way to for you to enjoy the time you have to spend in Mozambique - and you did mention the islands, is to fly to the closest city, then organise to be picked up from the Island. The roads locally have some good stretches but the rest are completely shot and the car hire is proibitive. Besides, it would be too much of a hassle driving all the way up the country with little to see on the road.
If you need some help please send me an email as i am in Maputo Mozambique and could possibly send you in the right direction.

My email is: ljbrito@yahoo.com

Regards

Back from a wonderful trip to Northern Mozambique :-)

There´s a place named Tikidiri (translated "We did it") on Ibo. It´s a place run by an association of 10 woman and 8 men, all locals from the village. It has simple but very clean bungalows with Mosquito-Nets, outside bucket-showers (one for every bungalow, every morning they bring hot water), toilet: hole-in-the-floor (clean), really good local food (the cook makes a different dish every day) and amazingly friendly people around. The place is situated just a few minutes walking outside the village on the road to Ibo airport, opposite of the catholoc cementery. If you fly in to Ibo you´ll come across it automatically. There are also people around, that guide you through mangroves to Quirimba Island (highly recommended). Twin-Bungalow is 300 Meticais, a meals costs around 50-80 Meticais. So far they don´t offer breakfast (available in different places on the island) or cold drinks, but the water they serve is good drinking water (there are also shops on Ibo where you can buy bottled water). A bar is planned, but until 2 weeks ago not yet begun to build. Laundry service by the lady who cooks. No electricity (don´t forget to recharge your batteries before coming to this place - there´s a generator runnning for an hour every eavening, don´t use it to recharge your batteries! I killed my charger by doing this), but they have oil-lamps they bring every eavening to the bungalow. The staff does not speak any english, just portuguese. But you´ll not have any problems since they are very helpful and nice!
For reservation you can send a short message or call. 00258 82 5903944 (Vita).

I just wanted to recommend this, because it´s one of the few places run by locals. And it´s a really good place, they should be supported. Don´t forget to say hello from Lilia and Claus.

Hi DavidF, it was a great trip indeed. We´re soming back for sure!

We didn´t use any anti-malaria-medication. But we used repellant every eavening and we slept straight under a mosquito-net. Although in some locations there weren´t any mosquitos at all (maybe because of the wind).
And no: No problems with corrupt cops. Nor with any other people.
"Não tem problema" in the north!

Clifford, we stayed there for 5 days and had a very good time. Your plan sounds amazing. We also did a lot of travelling by dhow. It´s amazing to go through the turquoise waters and paradisiac islands with palmfringed whitesand beaches. We didn´t make it all the way up to Mocimboa, because we also wanted to visit Ilha de Mocambique further south. The most northern point we went to was Pangane. c.