Beach & Safari | Maputo Special Reserve Camping - Tour Summary

Come and join us on an unforgettable adventure on a 2 days, 1 night trip and experience the beach, a safari and Maputo Special Reserve Camping. The Reserve is located on Maputo Bay 100 kilometers from Maputo and it is a conservation area and its 1040 km2 big, the reserve combines lakes, wetlands, swamp forests, grasslands, mangrove forests with a pristine coastline

We have 2 main beach spots to camp at Maputo Special Reserve: Dobela and Membene.

Driving around the reserve towards our campsite, you will find the vast open areas where elephants and other plain games refresh themselves, you will drive pass different fresh water lagoons with a lot of great variety of birds, hippos, and crocodiles.

Departure & Return Location

Pick up at your Hotel in Maputo

Departure Time

6:00 am

Price Includes

Entrance fees to the Maputo Special Reserve
1 night camping at Dobela or Membene (Virgin Beach)
Driver and Staff
Individual camping gear and support (Tent, matress, Light, Chair, Cutlery, Plate, Cups)
Group Camping gear (Table, Jerrycans, braai, blankets, Gazebo, Colemans, Cooking pans and instruments, ligthers, napkins, Buckets, Washing equipment, Shovel, Storage boxes, Garbage cans and bags, Toilet paper, and much more..)
Lunch Day 1 during the Safari (Sandwiches, Snacks, Fruits and Water)
Dinner Day 1 (Braai of meat and seafood, salad, garlic bread, rice and water)
Brunch Day 2 (Eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, coffee, bread, tea)
4x4 Vehicle, fuel and tolls (pick-up and drop-off)
Wood for fire place, charcoal and ice

Price Excludes

Any Private Expenses
Your favourite drinks (bring your favourites, we bring ice and colemans)

Beach & Safari | Maputo Special Reserve Camping Tour itinerary

Day 1

Our guide will pick you up at your accommodation at 06:00, you will drive for an hour and a half to the reserve entrance gate, adventure begins, you will drive around the reserve, enjoy the landscape, variety of birdlife and wildlife the reserve offers, you will have a nice break at one of the freshwater lagoons, here our guide will serve you with refreshments and have some snacks while you watch the hippos, birdlife, and crocodiles.

After the short break, you will proceed with the drive heading towards our campsite, passing different freshwater lagoons and plains, and forests, lastly you will come to our camp where the Indian oceans await you.

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon swimming in the ocean or simply take a walk along the beach. Watch the sunset at our campsite, Camp will be set and dinner will be served under the unique starry sky, enjoy a drink around the bonfire whilst you discuss the adventure you have so far, our guide will give you a brief about the next day program.

Day 2

Enjoy morning coffee before breakfast, take a walk along the beach and enjoy. Breakfast is served at the camp. We shall leave the camp around 11:00, take another drive slowly back, will take a different route this time explore more the reserve, passing by different lagoons, we will stop for a short break, where our guide will serve refreshments and snacks, after the snack break we shall proceed with the drive slowly towards the entrance gate, we shall be back in Maputo around 16:30 pm. Our guide will drop you off at your accommodation