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Photo: Island of Mozambique — Rosino · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mozambique at a glance

Mozambique is a country in Eastern Africa; its capital is Maputo. People mainly speak Portuguese. The currency is the Mozambican Metical (MZN). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Maputo
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
Mozambican Metical (MZN)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Mozambique’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

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Places to see in Mozambique

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Island of Mozambique

    Island of MozambiqueUNESCO

    Ilha de Moçambique

    Island · Nampula Province

    The Island of Mozambique lies off northern Mozambique, between the Mozambique Channel and Mossuril Bay, and is part of Nampula Province. Prior to 1898, it was the capital of colonial Portuguese East Africa.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rosino (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

  • Maputo National Park

    Maputo National ParkUNESCO

    Park & nature · Maputo Province

    Maputo National Park is a national park in Mozambique, located on Maputo Bay, approximately 100 kilometers southeast of the city of Maputo. With an area of 1,718 km2, it is part of Matutuíne District of the Maputo Province, and also of the Inhaca Island of the city of Maputo.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Maputo

    Maputo

    Cidade de Maputo

    City

    Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within 120 kilometres of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 distributed over a land area of 347.69 km2 (134.24 sq mi).

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: AmigoDia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Beira

    Beira

    City · Sofala

    Beira is the capital and largest city of Sofala Province, in the central region of Mozambique.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: SSgt Robert Talenti, USAF (Public domain). Map

  • Nampula

    Nampula

    City · Nampula Province

    Nampula is the capital city of Nampula Province in Northern Mozambique. With a population of 743,125, it is the third-largest city in Mozambique after Maputo and Matola.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: MZ-Nampula.png (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Quelimane

    Quelimane

    City · Zambezia Province

    Quelimane is a seaport in Mozambique. It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province and the province's largest city, and stands 25 km (16 mi) from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Claus Bunks aka Afrobrasil on flickr (Public domain). Map

  • Maputo Bay

    Maputo Bay

    Baía de Maputo

    Beach · Maputo Province

    Maputo Bay, formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from Baía da Lagoa in Portuguese, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25° 40' and 26° 20' S, with a length from north to south of over 90 km long and 32 km wide.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Delagoa bay.jpg (Public domain). Map

  • Gorongosa National Park

    Gorongosa National Park

    Parque Nacional da Gorongosa

    Park & nature · Sofala

    Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, Southeast Africa. The more than 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) park comprises the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Brian Dell (Public domain). Map

  • Cahora Bassa

    Cahora Bassa

    Lago de Cahora Bassa

    Lake · Tete Province

    The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe Kahoura-Bassa, meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: STS51B-51-14- Lake Cahora Bassa.jpg (Public domain). Map

  • Monte Binga

    Monte Binga

    Mountain · Manica Province

    Monte Binga is the highest mountain in Mozambique and the second-highest in Zimbabwe. It is located in the Chimanimani Mountains, straddling the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the Chimanimani Transfrontier Park in Manica Province. Its lies 8,004 feet (2,440m) above sea level.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Axel Bohnstedt (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Inhaca Island

    Inhaca Island

    Ilha da Inhaca

    Island

    Inhaca Island, also known as Kanyaka island, is a subtropical island of Mozambique off the East African coast. The main village is Inhaca, situated just over a kilometer from Inhaca Airport. Various tourist lodges are situated along the northwestern coastline.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Meraj Chhaya from Johannesburg, South Africa (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Bazaruto Island

    Bazaruto Island

    Ilha do Bazaruto

    Island · Inhambane Province

    Bazaruto is a barrier island in the Bazaruto Archipelago of southern Mozambique. The largest island of the archipelago, Bazaruto sits near the eastern rim of the African continental shelf, sheltering the mainland coast on the other side of Bazaruto Bay.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Keep exploring

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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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