Barra beach

Barra is one of the best beaches in the city of Inhambane, Mozambique, the Indian Ocean coastline. Geographically it is located between the center and the port of Beira.

Beach description

Barra is an uncrowded beach with good conditions for rest with children, family, friends. Pensioners, adults, who prefer a calm rest, rest on the coastline. The coastline and bottom are covered with clean snow-white sand. The entry into the ocean is sloping, the water off the coast is warmed up perfectly. It is necessary to go a certain distance to the depth. There are no strong winds, waves are insignificant.

It is more difficult to get to Barra, than to other beaches: from one side it borders on clean high dunes and stormy waters of the ocean; another part of the cape is covered by mangrove rainforests and palm groves. Many animals and birds live here. Monkeys often steal things from tourists - it is necessary to be careful.

There are many operators on the beach, offering to buy a ticket for a city tour, which was previously the center of the Portuguese colony. Buildings, streets, architecture were hardly affected during the civil war, many local sights remained. Near the beach there is a coastline with objects, that survived shipwrecks in past centuries. Most of the findings were found near the white and red lighthouses. located in the northern part of the beach.

When is it better to go

In Mozambique, the climate is peculiar: in the north it is close to equatorial (up to +28), in the south, trade winds, tropical (up to + 22). During the year, it is divided into two main seasons. The wet lasts from October to March - the period of cyclones and prolonged tropical downpours throughout the country. Dry – from April to September. Droughts are frequent. In winter, the water in the ocean warms up to +24, in the summer it keeps marks from +26 to +29 degrees.

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