 Accommodation
Sleeping a maximum of 36 guests - small and hospitable! Accommodation
consists of 15 private sea facing wooden chalets. 12 standard chalets
consist of a king-size bed or 2 ¾ beds. And In addition 3
family chalets which is furnished for families with children, and
have a King-size bed or 2 ¾ bed with a bunk bed in the same
room. All are fully serviced and have en-suite showers, toilets
and basins, ceiling fans, mosquito nets, and a shaded sea-facing
veranda. Well-lit wooden boardwalks, carefully built to protect
the delicate coastal vegetation, access all. The accommodation area
is just off the beach, but fully protected and shaded by coastal
bush and tropical palm trees.
Open air restaurant
The restaurant is built on the small hilltop, with stunning views
over the beach and bay area to the front and over a lily covered
lake to the rear. Guests sit outside on the large covered wooden
deck, overlooking the swimming pool, taking in the fresh sea breeze.
2 meals a day are served. The pub is built to offer some of the
best views in the world, allowing guests to soak in those beautiful
African sunsets, or even sip an early morning cup of coffee as the
sun rises over the warm Indian Ocean.
Pool Deck
Soak up the sun next to our Salt water pool. Our beautiful designed
pool is there for your every convenience. With large Umbrellas for
shading and wooden lounge chairs to relax on. Just a stone through
away form the bar area where you can get a cocktail to sip on. Pool
towels are there for our guest convenience.This is a perfect area
to relax in if the wind on the beach is slightly frisky.
The Bar
A fully stocked bar with ice cold drinks and beers. We stock a wide
variety of SA and Local Mozambican beers, wine and spirits. The
famous local rum Tipitento is also available. This is the ideal
place to sit for sundowners. Many drinks have been had here while
watching the sun go down in the bar.
Ponta Mamoli Beach Resort - Activities
Scuba diving
Fishing
Horse riding
Whale watching
Dolphin encounters
Lake canoeing trips
Barbeques on Lakes Piti, Mamoli, or Sotiba
Beach volleyball and beach cricket
Bird walks
Beach walks
Shell spotting
Sunset drives and barbecues to Ponta Madejanine (the highest dune
in the area), Lake Piti and Hippo Pools
Kitesurfing
Game drives to Maputo Elephant park
Turtle drives at night to watch these magnificent creatures laying
their eggs (October to December)
Dive Centre
Divers are strongly encouraged to become true ambassadors of the
underwater world displaying respect and harmony in a fragile environment
that we as visitors are most privileged to visit. Look NO touch
rules!
Ponta Mamoli is an affiliated PADI Resort with modern, carefully
maintained equipment and friendly, service driven staff. Continuing
dive education - developing and improving diver knowledge and skills
is a passion and our extremely experienced and seasoned PADI instructors
provide sound advice and guidance to make sure you perfect your
buoyancy and maximise your efficiency under water.
Divers assemble their equipment prior to each dive, at the storage
and washing facility, which is then taken and loaded onto the boats.
The divers can either take the short walk to the boat, or await
the vehicle to give them a ride. After dives, equipment is washed,
hung up and stored by the fully trained staff. For photographers
and videographers, camera wash-bins are situated next to the restaurant
area. A highly competent boat skipper, the most accomplished in
the area will ensure your comfort and safety at sea and make certain
of the right drop!
Medical oxygen is available on the dive boat and in the unlikely
event of any emergency; divers can rest assured that we are equipped
to deal with most cases. Rescue protocols are in place for evacuations,
but we strongly encourage all of our divers to be members of Divers
Alert Network for added peace of mind. It is time to pack your dive
gear and head for Ponta Mamoli where our diving is relaxed, hassle
free and exclusive - the only pressure is atmospheric!Dive planning
is done at the end of each day, in and around the restaurant and
pub area.
Rich in history, the main facilities including restaurant and lounge
deck, bar and swimming pool all overlook the bay and are located
in the original old Portuguese homestead built adjacent to a man
made channel excavated to link Lake Mamoli with the sea.
Reservation of the local area is a prime objective with precision
planning and consideration given to protecting the environment to
retain the natural appeal. It is for this reason that quad bikes,
off road motor bikes and jet skis are not allowed.
The surrounding locale is a varied mosaic of rare ecosystems - magnificent
unspoilt expanses of beach, endemic rich woody grasslands, dry savannas,
swamp forests, freshwater coastal lakes and floodplains characterised
by expanses of reed beds, bulrushes and papyrus.
In the nearby Maputo Special Reserve, previously endangered Elephant
populations as a result of indiscriminate hunting pressures during
the war are increasing at a pleasing rate and now estimated at well
over 200. Elephant activity has recently been noted within two kilometres
of the Resort.
Hippo, crocodiles and a variety of small buck including red duiker,
suni, reedbuck and inyala can be seen on scenic drives to local
sunset spots like Lake Piti, a massive freshwater lake.
The location has been recommended as an important bird area - IBA
due to the presence of an increasing variety of bird life including
near endemic and rare bird species. Extraordinarily rich in diversity
with varying topography and a multitude of marine animals to observe,
the extensive coral reefs at Ponta Mamoli are pristine and the diving
is exclusive - we can guarantee no other boats or dive groups even
at the ever popular Bass City!
History
Early development at Ponta Mamoli can be traced back to the 1940’s
when a titanium mine existed in the adjacent wetland. It was for
this reason that an opening to the sea was carved through the dunes
to allow water into the area at high tide to enable the extraction
process.
In the early 1970’s investors developed an elaborate camping
resort. A number of ablution blocks were built - since converted
to staff cottages, warehouses and water reservoirs erected and even
a tarred road was constructed to nearby Zitundo, the local administration
village. Ready to open to guests with everything immaculately in
place, the entire scheme was sabotaged by the civil revolution in
Mozambique and subsequent guerrilla war that left Mamoli vandalised,
plundered and derelict for the next 32 years. However the evidence
of these brick structures and tar roads still exist and today and
one can still see the remnants of some of the ablution blocks, dining
facilities, and warehouse and staff quarters but from a different
viewpoint.
In 2002, the spirit of this Mozambique paradise was revived .Thirty
two years later; we merged the bay’s beauty and its original
Portuguese architecture with modern timber decks and fashionable
resort facilities. The spirit of Mamoli has once again been brought
to life through the variety of activities offered by Ponta Mamoli
Resort.
Ponta Mamoli Reservations:
ponta_mamoli@mozbookings.com
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Escape
to secluded Ponta Mamoli, a premier seaside and diving resort nestled
in the most beautiful undeveloped bay along a pristine coastline
judged to be one of the finest in Southern Africa by Getaway Magazine.
(“The Mermaids Beach” in the feature “The Top
20 Beaches of Southern Africa” - December 2003). 