Vilanculos beach

Vilanculosis a beach, located in the same-name city, 700 km from the capital of Mozambique. It is a crowded and popular resort.

Beach description

The beach is sandy, of caramel colour with a golden hue, the water is warm, of emerald hue. The entry into the water is smooth, and the bottom is sandy and soft. Depth increases gradually, the conditions are suitable for rest with small tourists. Here are picturesque scenery and breathtaking views. The sandy beach and the emerald ocean border on lush green vegetation of rainforest, where many exotic birds, wild monkeys and other African animals live.

The infrastructure is well developed - a lot of bars, clubs, restaurants, cafes, which offer seafood and fish. On the coastline, there is a variety of hotels, represented in the form of comfortable bungalows and ordinary huts. Budget travelers stays at hostels and guesthouses.

Vilanculos is a beach, where diving is very popular. In coastal waters it is possible to find many beautiful coral reefs of various shapes, colours and sizes. Millions of beautiful bright exotic fish, predators, moraines, dolphins, mollusks, spiny lobsters, squids and other original inhabitants of the waters of the Indian Ocean live in them. On the territory it is sometimes windy, waves rise.

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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