Bonito Bay Holiday Resort

We offer a wide range of accommodation excluding camping facilities.
We have affordable accommodation for singles, couples groups and families and also offer private and more exclusive units for groups and larger families.

We also cater for Back Packers.

Accommodation Facilities:
All our chalets and larger houses are fitted with gas cookers, fridges, some with freezers and all have comfortable imported mattresses under mosquito nets ensuring a restful night’s sleep.

Our smaller Baracas do not have fridges stoves etc. but do have comfortable beds and mosquito nets.

Fishing:
Fishing off your boat, fishing ski, surf fishing, spear fishing or fly-fishing we offer it all on our doorstep.
With a huge reef just 2 km's from shore it is a perfect spot to try your luck. This reef has produced a lot of fish from 'couta'(king mackerel), Kingfish various species), green job fish, Dora do, Wahoo, sailfish to bottom fish and others.

Our deep reef coming up from 50 meters to just 22 meters, offers the lure of Marlin and other deep-sea species including many Tuna species. Bonito Bay offers fully skippered and crewed fishing charters wherein our guests can relax sit back and enjoy fishing without the complicated task of skippering to the reefs and baiting up the traces.

We offer bait for sale when available, so don't worry too much about stocking up before your trip. Please inquire with us first though!

Scuba Diving:
Sylvia Shoal, consists of several reefs. The main sector is 14 km long and ranges from 10 m - 25 m with an abundance of tropical fish and corals - both hard and soft. The beautiful Spanish Dancers with their flamenco swimming action are plentiful as are other specifies of nudibranch. Green Painted, as well as Red crayfish is also to be seen. Four species of turtle, mantas, eels, shark, game fish, snappers and often dolphin are seen while diving.

The other section of Sylvia's is called "New Year's" Reef, which is 9km long and also ranges from 9 - 22 m and has all the colourful soft corals and anemones. Rock Cod, wrasses, eels, turtles; other tropical fish and often-rare sightings are just waiting for you. A quote from Tim London's book "Beneath Southern Seas?: "No diver has ever dived unless they have dived Sylvia Shoal".

On the continental shelf we have deep dives up to 40 m for advanced divers only called "King Deep" named after the well known South African underwater photographer, Dennis King, because this is the furthest north the Tiger Angel Fish, which he identified, has been recorded. In the dive you descend through clouds of Elongated Sturgeon Fish and thousands of Red Fairy Trigger fish swim up to greet you. On the reef there are literally forests of Green Tree Coral (up to 1.5m) with thousands of coral fish seeking shelter from marauding giant King Fish and Barracuda, Potato Bass, Mantas, Shark, Eagle Rays and plenty of other game fish will be above and around you.

Diving closer to shore with good conditions there are caves and overhangs. Max depth 12 m of big rock structures with caves up to 20 m long, big enough for 2 divers to swim side by side from one end to the other. There is an abundance of stag horn fern, brain and mushroom corals with all the reef fish as well. Occasionally you might see the very shy Dusky Nurse Shark sleeping underneath the reef ledges. Turtles and large rays are also seen.

These are only a few of the reefs that I have described - we also have nurseries and when visibility is good we have several Manta cleaning stations in 10 m of water, where you can literally touch these magnificent specimens. If you had 30 days diving, I would take you to a new and different spot every day!

Jet Skiing:
At Bonito Bay, we encourage responsible recreational Jet Skiing and will happily advise you on safe areas to ride.
Launching your Jet SKi from our relativly flat beach is easy, and access can be gained via our own built and maintained access road/ramp leading down from our resort.

We encourage all persons using our ramp to adhere to local laws regarding vehicles on the beach. Only bona fide launch vehicles towing a trailer will be allowed access to the beach via our resort.

Please note, we do-not offer jet ski hire.

Bird Watching:
Nothing defines Mozambique's recovery quite like the resurgence of the local bird population, decimated during the conflict the bird life is now flourishing with many species now flocking to the rich tropical habitat offered in Morrungulo.

Hiking & Pickniking:
If you don't have a boat or are not interested in fishing you can take a stroll along the beach towards the south where you can have a picnic under the palms situated 30 meters from the beach.

Rates
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From Maputo, travel North on the EN1 towards Inhambane.
Once you have passed the turn off to Inhambane, you will pass through the town of Maxixe.

Thereafter travel approximately 80km’s until you reach Massinga.

From the PetroMoc service station (situated on the right hand side of the road), you will travel 8kms to the Morrungulo/Bonito Bay turn off on the right.

(GPS coordinates S 23 deg 15 min 37.00 sec. E 35 deg 22 min 18.43 sec)

Travel 13km along a well maintained dirt road until you reach a T-junction. Take a right turn and follow the signs to Bonito Bay (+/- 2.5km)