The shores of Lake Malawi

Country guide

Mozambique

4 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographJoachim Huber from Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0

Find your way through Mozambique.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

Country orientation

Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 4 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. Lake Malawi

    Honourable Mentions · An inland sea with an extraordinary diversity beneath its surface.

  2. Gorongosa National Park

    Extraordinary Discoveries · A recovering ecosystem whose story is as important as its wildlife.

  3. Bazaruto Archipelago

    The Wider World · Islands, dunes, seagrass and clear shallows create an exceptional coastal landscape with important marine habitats.

  4. Quirimbas Archipelago

    The Wider World · Coral islands and historic island settlements connect a coastal environment with the maritime history of East Africa.

Honourable Mentions

101–200 · 1 place in this country

Extraordinary Discoveries

201–300 · 1 place in this country

The Wider World

401–500 · 2 places in this country

The coast of Mozambique seen from the International Space Station

428 · Mozambique

Bazaruto Archipelago

Islands, dunes, seagrass and clear shallows create an exceptional coastal landscape with important marine habitats.

The Quirimbas Islands seen from the International Space Station

433 · Mozambique

Quirimbas Archipelago

Coral islands and historic island settlements connect a coastal environment with the maritime history of East Africa.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.

Across the border

Explore places shared by Malawi and Mozambique.