Adventure Mozambique

Tim Rock · Issue 40, Jan/Feb 2008 · pp. 49–53

Products mentioned: Nikon D200, Tokina 10-17mm zoom lens, Aquatica housings, Ikelite strobes, TLC arms

Whales and whale sharks. Mobulas and mantas. Bottlenose and humpback dolphins. Bull and great white sharks. They’re all here waiting for ya. The potential of the place really sinks in from atop a rolling, sandy hill near the Mozambique coast. Look inland. It takes but one evening watching a sunset from high atop an ancient dune overlooking broad plains of trees and rolling hills with not a telephone or power pole in sight and only two track roads meandering off in the distance to realize Mozambique is someplace special. Perhaps it is as close to the “real” Africa one expects. Look toward the sea. The sound of crashing surf and rolling seas stretch out across the horizon. The beaches are endless and there’s no one on them but sea turtles. Immediately crossing the border the change from South Africa to “Moz” is astonishingly apparent. Situated on the northern border of South Africa and alo…