Island View Vilankulo

Island View Vilankulo is in a prime spot for an active beachside getaway. Make your way into Vilankulo for kite surfing, sailing, cruises, boat safaris, diving and scuba trips to the islands or, if you’d prefer to stay on terra firma, clamber into the saddle for horse and camel rides along the beach. There’s plenty else to do in Vilankulo if you’re of a less active disposition: explore the harbour and markets, stroll around the town and call in to Machilla Magic, a community uplift gallery chock-full of locally produced arts and crafts. History buffs will want to make their way to Manyikeni, a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site just over an hour’s drive from Island View – it’s a traditional Zimbabwean regional centre and the buildings are worth a poke around – and its partner site of Chibuene on the coast outside Vilankulo. If you don’t mind piling into the 4x4 for a long-distance jaunt, Zinave National Park and its wildlife sanctuary is a 3-hour drive from site, and Inhambane (the capital city of the province) is just under four hours away.