Marlin Lodge

Picture three islands stretching out to sea like stepping stone from the African Mainland. The first is Magaruque, a shrub-covered sandbar surrounded by shallows; the second is Benguerra , large enough to have freshwater lakes and crocodiles, yet small enough to walk right around in a full day; the third is Bazaruto, by far the biggest island, and the one which gives its name to the Archipelago of azure seas and coral forests off Mozambique.

For some years a small lodge and crocodile farm has existed on the northwestern side of Benguerra; now a second operation on the protected inland side of the island, at Flamingo Bay.

ISLAND

The islands of the Bazaruto Archipelago are not for those whose idea of a holiday is shopping; there are no shops on Benguerra,, no roads, no vehicles, just crystal white beaches which squeak beneath your feet and convince you every time that yours are the first footprints they have ever experienced.

Just offshore in warm, waist-deep waters, one floats amidst coral gardensof infinite beauty and colour, examining and being examined by shoals of fish that move amonst the coral like clouds of living jewels.

ENVIRONS

Although protected by the five kilometer width of the island, Marlin Lodge is ideally situated for access to the open ocean via the gap between Benguerra and Magaruque to the south, just a few minutes from the lodge by ski-boat, or the similar gap to the north between Benguerra and the southern tip of Bazaruto.