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Benguerra Island is the second biggest in the Bazaruto Archipelago and is located in the southern part of Bazaruto Island. It also has high dunes, inland lakes and splendid sandy beaches. Here the tide fluctuates up to 10 metres.
Benguerra has around 164 species of birds, and the small forest situated nearby in the north point enchants travelers with their sounds of squirrels and monkeys. There is also a camp site very near to this place, but since it is not government sanctioned it is not advisable to stay there.
This Benguerra Island has a rich cultural life with dhows. If one is interested to see them sharing the catch on the splendid beaches he must wake up early. A Reef, that lies two miles east of Benguerra, provides the best reef diving in Mozambique with wonderful stag horn corals and tropical fishes ranging from moray eels and tiny clown fish to black-tipped reef sharks.
Since a long time Benguerra has been considered as a unique African island with warm waters of the Mozambique Channel. Originally Benguerra Island was named as “Santa Antonio” by the Portuguese explorers and afterwards was renamed as Benguerra. It is roughly 11km in length and 5,5km in width.
The island provides a wide variety of fauna and flora including savannah, dunes, natural forest and wetland eco-systems. Still now, it hosts a lot of freshwater crocodiles.
By availing plane one can very easily reach the Benguerra Island. There is also a Benguerra Lodge situated nearby that can be trusted upon for staying purposes.
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