Sailaway Dhow Safaris

Welcome to Sailaway Dhow Safaris

“The best way of seeing the islands! Skip the overpriced hotels!” After staying on the islands for a week we did a dhow safari and ended up wishing we have of just skipped the “5″-star luxury and just had a longer adventure on the dhow. Client feedback...

Dugongs

Dugongs are the only member of the order Sirenia from the family Dugondidae. They are found in the Western Indian Ocean with a marginal occurence on the east coast of Southern Africa. In Mozambican waters dugongs are found between the river Rovuma to south of Moma in Nampula...

The Dhow

For more than two thousand years, lateen rigged dhows have been sailing the Indian Ocean, linking economies and people, and creating a cosmopolitan maritime Indian Ocean culture. While trade was the primary rationale, a great variety of people used dhows to cross the oceans:...

The Islands

The Bazaruto Archipelago is situated 10 to 15 km offshore between Vilankulo and Inhassoro and consists of five islands; Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, Santa Carolina and Bangue. These islands and surrounding waters constitute the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park. Bazaruto is...

Our Services

Sailaway Dhow Safaris offer fully catered safaris, so you can relax and enjoy the islands while we take care of you. Safaris include huge meals, drinking water, fruit juice, tea and coffee. Seafood is our speciality and salads accompany all meals. We can cater for vegetarians...

"Welcome to Sailaway Dhow Safaris"

Snorkeling, diving, exploring pristine island beaches...we can take you there."

Information

The Bazaruto Archipelago is situated 10 to 15 km offshore between Vilankulo and Inhassoro and consists of five islands; Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, Santa Carolina and Bangue.

These islands and surrounding waters constitute the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park.

Bazaruto is the largest island in the archipelago with towering dunes and islands lakes, frequented by water birds and home to the Nile Crocodile. The south point of the island, Ponta Dundo offers a spectacular view of the achipelago from the summit of the dunes.

Two-Mile Reef is situated off the eastern shoreline of Benguerra and offers great snorkeling and diving opportunities. Beautiful and diverse coral formations and thousands of tropical fishes from tiny clownfish to large wrasses and parrotfish can be found here. Moray eels, various rays and white-tip reef sharks can also be seen when scuba diving.

Magaruque is the third largest island in the achipelago. One can walk around this small island in a couple of hours. A base reef on the lee side of the island is a popular snorkeling area.

Our Services

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Sailaway Dhow Safaris offer fully catered safaris, so you can relax and enjoy the islands while we take care of you.

Safaris include huge meals, drinking water, fruit juice, tea and coffee. Seafood is our speciality and salads accompany all meals.

We can cater for vegetarians and vegans. Alcoholic beverages should be purchased prior departure.

We provide a cooler box and ice on safari.

Snorkeling gear, including mask, snorkel,diving boots and fins are supplied. We do recommend that you bring your own mask and snorkel however as these are often seen as personal items. We can purchase snorkeling equipment that you don’t have a need for after your safari too.

For those who wish to scuba dive, we can liaise with professional dive operators to meet up with you whilst on safari.

Sailaway dhows are seaworthy and crewed by experienced sailors. Each dhow is equipped with lifejackets, communication and first-aid kits.

An auxiliary motor ensures that in the event of adverse wind conditions we are still able to reach our destination.