This unique beach add-on trip spends 6 nights on Medjumbe Island in the remote Quirimbas Archipelago of northern Mozambique; it includes return flights and transfers to/from Dar es Salaam, and is designed as an add-on to a remote tropical island in a truly pristine environment – it's a stunning beach add-on to one of our Tanzania safaris.

The flights between Dar es Salaam and Pemba (the main town in northern Mozambique), upon which this trip is based, do not run every day, and so talk to us about how to integrate this add-on trip with the rest of your safari.

Trips like this to northern Mozambique work best as add-ons to safaris in Tanzania. However, this add-on trip could be combined with a safari to Botswana, Zambia or even Namibia using direct flights between Jo'burg and Pemba which operate twice per week, though these is a supplement of around £250 per person for this.

Day 1 Pemba & mainland, Mozambique

Your flight from Dar es Salaam to Mozambique is usually with Air Mozambique, typically departing in the afternoon. After an hour's flight you arrive in Pemba, where you'll be met and after completing customs and immigration formalities, transferred to the nearby and conveniently located….

Pemba Beach Hotel (bed & breakfast)

Days 2-5 Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique

In the morning, depart your hotel and return to the airport where you will board a small light aircraft. A stunning scenic flight takes you over the tiny islands of the Quirimbas, until after 1 hour you land on a tiny island barely 1 kilometre in length. On arrival you will be met and escorted the short distance to your room on the private….

Medjumbe Private Island (full board)

Staying on Medjumbe Island for total of six nights, your luxurious villa has air-conditioning, though you may seldom need it. It's a tiny island, barely a kilometre in length, that's easy to walk around half an hour or so. When the tide is out you can walk further, out across the stunning exposed sandbanks or just relax around your private plunge pool if you prefer!

Day 6

After your last morning's relaxed breakfast, you'll take a 60-minute flight by light-aircraft back to Pemba, from where you'll depart on your scheduled flight back to Dar es Salaam. Timings of these flights vary, but arriving in the late afternoon would be normal.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2012	22-Dec-2012	£2,837
23-Dec-2012	31-Dec-2012	£3,152
Notes: The prices shown are per person sharing. There are single supplements for this lodge and so call us to give you a price for this. There is a luggage restriction of 15kg per person (soft bags only) on the transfer flights to/from the island. Extra luggage can be stored in Pemba by prior request. Medjumbe does not allow children under the age of 12 years to stay on the island, unless the entire island is booked out exclusively.

This itinerary includes:

• Economy flights from Dar es Salaam to Pemba, on the northern coast of Mozambique, and back to Dar es Salaam.
• Return transfers between Pemba and Medjumbe Island. (This is normally by plane-and-boat one-way, and by helicopter in the other direction.)
• All your meals, including teas, coffees, picnics, house wines, local beers, soft drinks and bottled water – including on-board catering.
• Use of non-motorised boats/canoes
• Use of fly-fishing and surf-casting equipment, and snorkelling kit.

This itinerary excludes:

• Mozambique domestic departure taxes.
  
• Any activities which aren't mentioned as 'included' above – including scuba-diving, and motorised boat trips. All these can be paid for locally.
• Special drinks not included above – for example fine wines, imported spirits and champagnes.
• Tips and gratuities, which are optional.

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