Beautiful beaches and islands and great dive sites, local music, colonial era buildings.

Mozambique has a tropical climate with two seasons: rainy, between October and March, and dry, between April and September, climate change, however, together with its location above sea level. Rainfall along the coast are large and fall as far as advancing to the north and south. The annual rainfall is 500-900 mm, depending on the region. During the rainy season are also common cyclones. Average temperature ranges in Maputo between 13 and 24 ° C in July and between 22 and 31 ° C in February.

The best time to visit Mozambique is May-October period.

Indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena, Mac, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euroafrykanie 0.2%, Indians 0.08%

Protestant - 31.3%, Roman Catholic - 20.8%, Jehovah's Witnesses - 0.8%, animist - 22%, Muslim - 17.8%

[35% Christians, 25-30% of Muslims - as Africa, the Lonely Planet]

You do not need to travel long to hear the word paciência (patient). This is a big advantage Mozambijczyków and most of them have it in abundance - and for himself, and for visitors to the country.

Swahili, Makhuwa, Ndau and Tsonga, Arabs, Chinese and Indians speak their own languages.

Lack of accurate data. Many people speak English in Maputo and in tourist resorts. As you move to the north of the country becoming harder to get along in English.

47.8% of the population is illiterate people (some sources say that the third Mozambijczyków over age 15 know how to read and write). Primary education is free in Mozambique, but the school has already paid. At the end of 1995. about 60% of school-age children went to primary school, but only 7% of them went to high school.

The agreement in English is possible, but sometimes breakneck project. Difficulties may also make the pronunciation of certain names - because of the different pronunciation of some consonants. The two most glaring examples are:

h - read like the Polish "j" (eg. Inhambane is injambane)

x - read like the Polish "sz" (for example,. Maxixe, Mozambique is maszisze

)

Polish citizens can buy visas at the borders of Mozambique, or the diplomatic representations of the country in Europe or Africa. Because of this rule, there are derogations for a visa Mozambique better to try to advance. In neighboring countries to form a visa usually takes one day.

The nearest Embassy of Mozambique is located in Berlin. In Africa, Mozambique has diplomatic representation in all the neighboring countries. For a complete list of embassies can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique.

Tourist Visa entitles you to stay in Mozambique thirty. After this deadline we will have zapłacić100 $ for each additional day.

Entering Mozambique's entrance fee is charged. Pay only local currency (dollars and officials adopt the euro, but after a very unfavorable exchange rate). When entering such. in Malawi, you pay 500 kwacha (about 3 euros).

Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano in Maputo

www.ccfmoz.com

A place where you can see exhibitions, concerts, music and dance performances, films and theater.

University in Maputo, Mozambique

Pedagogical University in Maputo

Associação Nucleo de Arte in Maputo

The oldest association of artists in Mozambique. Its membership of over one hundred painters, sculptors and ceramists. Artists regularly exhibit their art, over the past few years actively participated in exchanges with artists from abroad. Members of the association showed their work m.in. in the British Museum (2006).

No Embassy of Mozambique in Poland.

A visa can be obtained at the office of the Mozambican consulate in Berlin:

tel. 0030 39876500

emoza@aol.com

Stromstrasse 47

10551 Berlin

or in France:

tel. 001 47 64 91 32

Rue Laugier

Paris 75017

There are currently no Polish Consulate in Mozambique. Polish Ambassador to South Africa has been accredited in the Republic of Mozambique.

There is no obligation meldunkowego.

On departure from Mozambique is free of charge.

Traveling to Mozambique must have a passport all the time (or copy thereof), because the police like to identify visitors.

In 2000,. there were 3 doctors per 100 000 people. In 2005. 100 children per 1 000 born died. 10% of those between 15 and 49 years of age are infected with HIV.

In Mozambique there is no representative of the Polish insurance company. It is advisable to take out personal insurance (with a possible evacuation to South Africa) in companies with a global reputation.

Emergency 117

Police 119

Fire brigade 198

Mozambique requires visitors vaccination against yellow fever, but only if an earlier visit to one of the countries where the disease is present (eg. in Tanzania). Malaria in Mozambique occurs throughout the year across the country. The greatest risk of infection occurs from November to July. Other health hazards are occurring, especially during the rainy season (December-March) of the disease and hands dirty water (cholera, jaundice, typhoid, amoeba), river blindness and HIV / AIDS. There is a risk of contracting Snail fever.

The times when the first warning before traveling to Mozambique were left after the Civil War mines are long gone, most of them have been removed. When planning a trip away from the beaten track and worth of human settlements, local advice. The main threat to the tourist robbers and petty thieves, the easiest to find in the dark streets of Maputo. Traveling to Mozambique during the rainy season is potentially the greatest threat cyclones, haunting the central and northern coast. They result in hurricane winds and flooding, in extreme cases up to the size of the disaster.

Mozambique has been for nearly twenty years oppressed civil war. Out of conflict and the country experienced peace and stability.

Emergency 117

Police 119

Fire brigade 198

Chicualacuala, Cassacatiza, Lebombo / Ressam Garcia, Entre Lagos, Mandimba

Maputo's Mavalane International Airport is located 6 km from the city center (8-10 $ per taxi to the center).

In Maputo, you can find the airline office:

Air Corridor

Kenya Airways

LAM

South African Airways

Swazi Express

TAP Air Portugal

Beira International Airport

Nampula International Airport

To Mozambique can be reached by train from Malawi or South Africa.

Rail from Liwonde (Malawi) to Najuchi runs only on Thursdays, tickets cost 250 kwachow and are sold only on the day of departure (30 minutes. before departure). Odjazd.do border crossing with Mozambique in Entre Lagos, in theory, at 8:00. Maliwijczycy do not want to let in Malawi, if you do not have a visa mozambijskiej (Mozambijczycy refer back to Malawi to benefit from the transition to Mandimbie.

Train from Cuamby Nampuli going to 10 hours. Second, take a class on Tuesday, Wednesday and probably on Sunday, with 431 Mt (the ticket is 331 Mt). On other days there is only class III.

Fábrica de cerveja Laurentina runs between Mozambique and Swaziland and South Africa.

Junta - long distance bus lines. The lack of organization - ask where to find a bus going in the direction of interest to us. Almost all departures from the station in Maputo (7 miles from the center) leave about 5.00.

From Johannesburg, South Africa can be reached by Greyhound or InterCapeMainliner line, or Translux Pantera Azul.

Is required for an international driving license. The state's main public roads is quite good, local roads are in poor condition. It is recommended not to travel by car at night and during the journey necessarily close the door and windows of the car.

Because of the distance, if you do not have the time, an internal flight alternative may be necessary. Unfortunately, there is no special treatment. For the flight from Maputo to Pemby pay about $ 400.

The only section of the road is worth considering, which can be overcome by train is Nampula - Cuamba, sometimes used by tourists going to or from Malawi. Beyond, can be reached by train from Maputo to the border of South Africa and several other towns in the region, but the journey continues in this way for centuries.

Long-distance transport departs from the rules of the pale dawn. For the carriage of luggage, even a medium-sized backpack, you pay extra.

The primary means of intercity transport - bus - in Mozambique is known as a nice name machibombo. Departures are timely. Buses depart from the locations of bus stops or company. Tickets may be purchased directly on the bus, the most popular routes to do at least a few hours earlier. Buses are not handled, the tickets is generally only as much as places. From this rule may be waived. Large, free buses to the north of Mozambique does not seem to know the limits of passengers - such a vehicle driving without a seat can be very burdensome.
Local minibuses, called chapa, take on board as many passengers as possible. Chapa leave only earn a set of passengers, stop on demand and take more volunteers, who squeeze into the center or on the roof. Sometimes after returning again to the square by bus, to find a few more passengers. Chapa can sometimes be van or pickup. The best places are next to the driver.

From Maputo to Beira goes once a week bus Pantera Azul (Tuesday, hours. 5.00).

In Mozambique, left hand drive. Liter of diesel costs 34, 40 meticali unleaded petrol.

During the rainy season some roads are impassable.

To go further than porannymi hours departures of buses, sometimes the only way is to get out of the gates of the city and catch rate. For a free ride not count, drivers take more or less how much the bus on the same route.

Despite a long coastline, in Mozambique there is no regular passenger traffic along the coast of the Indian Ocean. Stubborn can look for opportunities to embark on cargo ships or fishing boats.

Ferry

For Catembe can be reached by ferry ($ 0.20 per person, $ 6 per car), which flies to Maputo from dawn to 23.00 (from the dock next to the Ministry of Finance). The journey takes about. 20 minutes.

Internet access can be found in every major city, but farther from Maputo, the call quality is worse. Cafes are mostly at the post office TDM or near. Time of Internet access costs from 30 to 100 meticali.

Main post office in Maputo is located on Ave 25 de Setembro.

To use the landline phone should go to the post office TDM, where there are telephone booths and vending machines on the card.

Mozambique has two mobile operators (those with the largest number of users and the largest coverage are listed first):

mCel

Vodacom

A local SIM card (phone, in which we intend to use it must have a SIM lock removed) costs 50 meticali. Account recharges the card-buying scratch cards in denominations ranging from 50 to 1 000 meticali.

All three major Polish operators offer roaming in Mozambique. Users Era and Plus networks can make calls through the network mCel, Orange users via mCel and Vodacom.

MZN Metical

Payments mainly cash (U.S. dollars or Metical).

There are places where you can pay by credit card (eg. in hotels), but its authorization can wait up to several hours.

All prices in meticalach: water 0.5l - from 9 to 20, and cola - from 10 to 20; bread - 2; bread - 7; a piece of fish from a seller on the streets - from 3 to 4; disputes bag cashew nuts - 50; mango fruit - 1 to 3; pizza - 150; meal at a local restaurant - 100; the same thing in a better bar - 200; large beer from 30 to 50, espresso - from 20 to 25

In Maputo, the Saturday Market (Praça 25 de Junho) in Artedif (Marginal Ave), Casa Elefante (Ave 25 de Setembro), Mozart (Ave Filipe Samuel Magaia) or in Shanty Craft (Second Avenue, Bairro Triunfo).

Mozambique has a fantastic wood carvings, textiles and other crafts. It is worth to buy or basketry, leather, capulanas (sarongi).

Currencies exchanged in banks, as well as in private exchange offices, called cambio. U.S. dollar banknotes issued before 2003. may be difficult or impossible to exchange due to the large number of counterfeits.

ATMs accepting Visa cards are now in almost every town - even in Milange on the border with Malawi and Moçimboa da Praia in the north. In both cities there is no public electricity network and the ATMs are - powered by generators.

Compared to neighboring countries - Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia - Hotels in Mozambique are expensive and poor quality. In addition to the name "hotel" we also encounter Pensão and Pousada, which means "inn" or "guest house". The lowest price category there is no difference between the hotel and Pousada Pensão. In Maputo and visit places of tourist hostels (lodge) for backpackers, with cheap beds in dormitierach.

The rooms typically do not have mosquito nets.

The cheapest accommodation can be found even for $ 5. These are usually the lowest class camps and hostels.

Bed in good condition will cost about $ 50.

Kitchen Mozambique is rich in flavors and influences from the outside. Here you will find well-known neighbors in a thick paste of corn flour, called Xima, given the different sauces and meat, fish or vegetables. We will try to Portuguese cuisine, Indian, and even typical of Italian cuisine pizza. Are recommended fish and seafood. Even through the window during the bus trip, you can buy delicious and cheap shrimp, squid, octopus and various fish species. For starters we get roasted cashew nuts, also sold by the road for little money.

Camarões (shrimp), lagosta (crayfish), Xima (maize porridge), frango grelhado (grilled chicken), matapa (sauce with peanuts and cassava leaves).

The most popular beer in Mozambique is a classic 2M (read. dojsz I) with 4.5% alcohol content. Worth a try Laurentina Preta (5%). Apart from them, is available Laurentina Simple and Manica (both 5%). Beer is sold in bottles with a capacity of 340 and 550 ml.

Doris M (2M, favorite mozambijskie light beer).

Larger cities have restaurants or cafes where you can enjoy light meals while watching scenes from everyday life.

To eat cheaply, you should try the stalls (Barracas) at the fair, where you can buy tależ Xima sauce for $ 1.

If the gratuity is not included in the price, typically gives 10% of drivers, waiters and kelnerkom or doręczycielom mail. For a guide is usually $ 5-25 per day.

It is worth to go for snorkeling around the Bazaruto Archipelago, sail a boat through mangrove channels under the palm trees or laze beside the Quirimbas Archipelago. The point is mandatory safari in Gorongosa National Park. Please hang along the cobbled streets past, the colonial era in the Ilha de Mozabbique, watch the fort - Fortaleza de São Sebastão or sip espresso at one of the lively cafes in Maputo (or caipirinha at one of the bars, jazz), watch manufacturers of silver articles at work on the island Ibo or dance to local music Marrabenta. After more adventures to be more than the Zambezi River was wild midnight. The movement takes a lot of time here, but the views of paradise on the coast and a sense of space or stay in one of the most idyllic lodge on the continent is worth it.

Tofo is worth visiting - a city which by day offers a white sand dunes, long winding beaches, and continuous entertainment at night.

Attraction is also Pomba - Wimbe idyllic beach and coral reefs, and on the western edge of the city Paquitequete - a fishing village, picturesquely situated on the beach next to the palm grove.

The railway station designed by Gustave Eiffel student (known for the Eiffel Tower)

Cathedral of Nossa Senhora de Conceição

House of Iron (Iron House)

Railway station

It is worth to walk to the bazaar Mercado Municipal, which mainly sells vegetables and groceries. In the city there are several museums. Stroll along the Av or Av Marginal Friedrich Engels on the east coast you can admire the Bay of Maputo.

Inhambane is an attractive town, situated on a promontory. It has a low, colonial buildings. Nearby is the village of Praia do Tofo, the beautiful beach.

Beira - the city where colonial residues are mixed with posępnymi estates. The atmosphere of a large tropical city.

Mocuba - the most interesting in the city is a bridge over the River Licungo and bazaar.

Nampula - Mozambique's largest city north of the Zambezi. There are ethnographic museum. To the east of the city formed a shape of rock uplift in the distance like a human face - to see them just go to a higher building in the city (eg. Hotel Lurio).

Ilha de Moçambique - half the city's colonial buildings, the other half is a traditional fishing village. The island is written on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.  

Music in Mozambique can serve different purposes, ranging from expressions of religious feelings, and ending with the traditional ceremonies. Most of the instruments are handmade. Often these are the drums made of wood and animal skin.

Lupembe - an instrument made of animal horn or wood

Marimba - the typical kind of xylophone Mozambique. Marimba is a characteristic of the Chopi people who are known for their musical talents, and dance.

Some say that the music of Mozambique is similar to reggae and calypso zachodnioindyjskiego. Other popular types of music, it Marrabenta, fado, samba, bossa nova, Maxixe, Mozambique and kizomba.

Makonde are known for their elaborate wooden sculptures and masks that are commonly used in ritual dances. There are two types of wooden sculptures. One is Shetani, taken mainly from the heavy ebony, high and beautifully carved. The second is ujamaa, totemic sculptures, showing the faces and figures. These sculptures often referred to as "family trees of the family" because the stories of many generations.

The dance is usually complicated. There are many different species, different in each tribe. They are usually dance ritual. Chopi play a battle, dressed in animal skins. Men assume poppy colored clothes and masks, dancing around the village on stilts 60-cm diameter, stretching for hours. Women's groups in the northern part of the country present traditional dances called tufo to celebrate Muslim holidays.

Popular sport in Mozambique is football (futebol in Portuguese).

A wide plain on the coast and mountain passes in the plateau on the border with Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. The three main African rivers (Zambezi, Limpopo, Rovuma) flows through Mozambique.

The country has six national parks: Gorongosa, Zinave, Banhine and Limpopo (part of the Great Limpopo transfrontier park), Bazaruto and Quirimbas.

Bazaruto National Park is the most visited. Famous for its coral reefs and diugoni.

Journey to the Gorongosa is easy if you have your own car. The park is located at the edge of the Great African Rowy, stretching across the continent from Djibouti.

The main reserves of the Reserve Niassa Province on the border with Tanzania and Maputo Special Reserve.

New Year's Day - January 1

Heroes' Day - January 3

Mozambican Women's Day - April 7

Labour Day - May 1

Independence Day - June 25

Independence Day - June 25

Anniversary of the End Armed Struggle - September 7

The anniversary of the Commencement of Armed Struggle - September 25

Family Day - December 25

The end of the dry season is the best time to catch a local festival, she asks the spirits for rain.

Carnaval Quelimane - prowicja mozambijską Zambezi is a "little Brazil" [samba-carnival: 1913-1916 February 2010., 5-8 March 2011]

Nightlife in Mozambique is exciting and colorful. Throughout the country there are many bars, cafes and clubs, the most popular can be found in Maputo. Any type of bar or club you would not look - you'll find it in Mozambique.

Most Mozambijczyków cultivated small plots of vegetables or other kassawą. These are called machambas. Over the shore fishing is the main source of income. Sunrise and sunset, when the boats return from fishing, it's fantastic moments of the observation ports.

Mozambijczyków 16% are infected with HIV. Also collects upholstered malaria toll.

Sunday is the day for the people of Mozambique to meet on the beach or the village market, the nice clothes, drinking wine or local beer and dancing to pop music.

In Mozambique there are 16 major tribes, including the poppy and the north of the Makonde, Shangaan, which dominates the southern parts of Gaza and Maputo. The country is relatively free from tribal, for a long time there were north-south differences.

Most villages have a mosque or church, or this and that.

Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries.

Crime rate is high. There has been a car theft, there are many cases of murders, armed robberies, including the use of firearms.

Access to electricity and running water can be difficult.