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

2. From Pemba Town North to Tanzania.
The coastal road to Quissanga and Tandanhangue is in very poor condition and is certainly a
4x4 route with average speeds of 30kph in the dry season and often impassable during the
January to April rains. The inland road from Pemba to Mocímboa da Praia via Sunate and
Macomia is all good tarmac (90kph), with a 30km incongruous stretch of gravel starting at
Macomia if going north.
The Inland (tarmac) Route.
Sunate.
Permanent Transit-Police check here. No fuel here, but it’s only 80km to (from) Pemba.
Carry on straight if going to Montepuez (good tarmac all the way) or turn right if going north.
Turn-off (cruxamento) to Bilibiza and Mahate.
This is the route to get to Quissanga, Tandanhangue and Ibo during the rainy season.
Bilibiza is a friendly little village which is the focus of a GAIA/ADPP development initiative,
see: www.gaia-movement.org
Macomia (cell-phone signal on MCel).
A fairly large town with fuel (often diesel only), a large open air market, a restaurant bar and
guesthouse (Pensão) called Bar Chung (owned by Chun Sique or Senhor Sookee who has a
house at Pangane) a large open air market and a trading store at the junction owned by a
friendly English speaking Arab from Dubai. Turn right here towards Mucojo if heading for
Pangane or Guludo.
Mucojo.
Accessed only via Macomia - Mucojo is a small town close to the coast with shops and cell
phone reception on the hill a few km’s before it. Note that due to a lack of bridges over rivers,
there is no coastal road open between Quissanga and Mucojo, and between Mucojo and
Mocímboa da Praia.
Guludo Beach Lodge and Mipande Bush Lodge.
The correct pronunciation is ‘Guloodoo’. If you turn right (south) at Mucojo, instead of
carrying straight on to Pangane, and drive south for about 10km you will get to Guludo. No
electricity, motorized water sports or flush toilets here, but elephants sometime walk right
through the camp. This is the genuine ‘eco-friendly’ item and the spacious and airy tents are
designed to make air-conditioning unnecessary. Don’t’ take my word for it, look up:
http://bethejam.squarespace.com/mozambique
Location. In the Parque Nacional das Quirimbas about 20km south of Mucojo. Transfers
from Pemba by road and by helicopter.
Accommodation. Award-winning architect designed tents which are very luxuriously and
tastefully furnished. Shared ablutions of the ‘long-drop’ variety.
Contact. Tel: + 44 (0)1323 766655.
Email: contact@bespokeexperience.com
Website: www.guludo.com
Rates. Standard: $205 per person. Peak: $255 per person.
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