PEMBA AND THE REGION NORTH TO THE RIO ... - MozGuide

Services And Goods In Pemba.
Toilets (casas do banho).
Finding usable toilets is ever a problem everywhere in Mozambique. Try the service stations
– the ones at new Galp near to the Airport are very nice right now. Most restaurants have
adequate ablution facilities and some of the bigger hotels have bathrooms off the reception
area. There are public toilets on Wimbe beach but I have not gathered enough courage to
check them out recently.
Cell (mobile) phone and Internet.
Cell phone:
Four bar signals on both Vodacom and MCel. MCel signals also from Quissanga (including
Ibo), Macomia, Mocímboa da Praia, Mueda and Montepuez.
Internet (ALL DIAL-UP AND VERY SLOW):
Pemba Beach Hotel Business Centre: Expensive at US$5 per 30 minutes but air
conditioned and well equipped.
TDM: Cheapest connection in Pemba, 4 US cents per minute, open 7am to 10pm, located
next to MCel by the roundabout at the bottom of the main avenue in town.
Super Wimbe: internet and email facilities next to Hotel Caracol, on Wimbe beach.
Skynet: close to the Cabo Delgado Hotel and Samar restaurant, $2 for ½ hour.
Money and banking.
Note that the US$ cash is the best currency to carry and that the older series US$ notes
(presidents head is smaller) will be of no use to you as no-one will accept or change them.
ATM’S: Cirrus and Maestro linked Visa/Visa Electron (best) and MasterCard cards can
be used at the ATM’s as long as you have a PIN loaded.
Travellers’ Cheques: Can be cashed at some of the banks but a whopping service fee of
US$30 – 50 is charged. Not accepted elsewhere.
Credit cards: VISA Cirrus and Maestro is the most widely accepted (MasterCard also
accepted but less widely) but only really useful at Pemba Beach and Nautilus hotels.
Diving and Snorkelling.
There is great snorkelling just a few hundred metres swim from Wimbe beach. For all the
diving and snorkelling info you could ask for look up www.cidivers.com or contact Brenda
Frank of Pemba Dive: Contact Brenda: + 258 826611530) or Rudi: + 258 826697050 or look
up: www.kaskazini.com . There are dive operators on Quilalea, Ibo, Matemo and Medjumbi
islands.
Kinahu Charters, now based at Pemba Beach Resort, has a catamaran equipped for fishing
and diving available for charter in the archipelago and to St Lazarus Bank. The cat is fully
equipped for SCUBA diving and sport fishing. All-inclusive rates start from R1 825 a person a
day (minimum four, maximum eight guests). Tel Pretoria South Africa + 12-996-0844, Email
info@kinahu.com Website: http://www.kinahu.com
Safe Anchorage and Pedro Cruz’s Boatyard (Construtores do barco).
‘Yachties’ usually anchor off Wimbe beach where the chances of being robbed are less but
the swells provide quite a lot of roll. Another option is to anchor off Nacole Jardim inside the
bay, but consult with Brenda first, tel: + 258 82 661 1530. Next to the Pemba docks Pedro
Cruz runs and excellent boatyard where quite difficult repairs and maintenance can be done
quite expertly.
Sport Fishing.
Look up www.clubpemba.com and www.kaskazini.com
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