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Kayaking Barra with Lalaland

Kayaking Barra with Lalaland

Staying at Lalaland kind of gives you everything. Peace and quiet. Beach and sun. And yet you are so close to all the offerings Inhambane has to offer…
Lalaland hosts Chad and Heidi make a point of facilitating anything you need around the Tofo area. Horseriding. Inhambane town tours. Ocean Safaris. Scuba diving. Fishing. Surfing. Kayaking…

Barra is just over the peninsula from Lalaland – and is home to acres upon acres of mangrove forests. They grow happily in the saltwater – at high tide some are completely submerged! They grow randomly, but create intriguing channels through the wetlands. And it’s these channels that you can negotiate on kayaks – putting you face to face with the bird and marine life so prolific in the huge Inhambane estuary.

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Laland is set in PARADISE! You can kayak the Inhambane estuary, surf the Tofinho point, dive Giants and spend time touring Inhambane town. Contact afontelda@gmail.com

The estuary is 40 times bigger than the Knysna lagoon – and is much more populated. Mangrove and blue crabs, flamingos, squid and fishies are among the main attractions – but just paddling about in clear warm water is enough to make you stoked!

Lalaland still has a few rooms open for December 2014. For more info please mail afontelda@gmail.com

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Emergency numbers for Mozambique

Emergency numbers for Mozambique

Fresh in from Captain Carlos Carvalho in Maputo…

Anti-corruption Hot Line+258 82 965 7804+258 21 31 06 93
Tourism GREEN LINE for HELP or ADVICE+258 800 460 460
G.C.C.C – PATRULHA+258 800 460 460

South African High Commission,
Maputo+258 21 24 3000 – office hours
+258 84 304 4600 – After hours emergencies

Police:Maputo: +258 21 32 5031, +258 21 400 159
Nelspruit: +27 13 759 1000
Ambulance:Maputo: +258 21 32 5000 or +258 21 32 5009
ER 24 Maputo: 84 124
Nelspruit: +27 82 911
Hospitals:Maputo: +258 21 32 5000 or +258 21 32 5009+258 84 389 0486
Mediclinic (Nelspruit) +27 13 759 0500

You can see more from Carlos at facebook.com/mozinfo/

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More houses nearing completion at Earth Lodge Tofo

More houses nearing completion at Earth Lodge Tofo

The literally private beach out front of Tofo Earth Lodge offers seclusion and safe bathing...and fish to catch!
The literally private beach out front of Tofo Earth Lodge offers seclusion and safe bathing…and fish to catch!
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Looking up the staircase to the main bedroom and reading area, which doubles as a sleeping area.

Tofo Earth Lodge tucked away down the beach from Tofo, has many houses complete, ready and booked, with a few more nearing completion. Tofo Earth Lodge is built behind the primary dune at Praia Da Congiana – accessible only by 4wd!

The houses are each surrounded by indigenous gardens and with it’s own secluded and protected beach and swimming area, this is about as far away from the maddening crowd that you can get. (Even Mango Beach is closed so there will be NO loud music or week long parties down the beach this year).

Contact us on umzimkulu@gmail.com for a chance at booking one of these new houses, for the December season, or the future.

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Daga Salmon at The Sandspit

Daga Salmon at The Sandspit

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Daga Salmon at The Sandspit: another lucky angler with a beautiful fish. Thanks to Brandon Parsons who sent in the photo.

Well it’s been a bumper season for daga salmon fishermen down at The Block and on The Sandspit, in Port Shepstone, this year. Many, many fish have come out in the corner where the Umzimkulu River has closed for so long. Hopefully they will find another river somewhere to spawn and breed or the summer will keep the mouth open long enough for them to enter.

Whilst researching the reproductive behaviour of this magnificent but threatened species, I came across an awesome and comprehensive description of the Daga Salmon, written by a very authoritative, Mike Otgaar.

Enjoy his work by following the link below. Thanks Mike!

http://fishsa.co.za/species/kob-argyrosomus-japonicus/

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Sandile “Cyril” Mqadi of Surfing South Africa wins SA Sports Award as Volunteer of the Year

Sandile “Cyril” Mqadi of Surfing South Africa wins SA Sports Award as Volunteer of the Year

Johannesburg Sunday November 30th, 2014- Surfing South Africa’s Sandile “Cyril” Mqadi was named as the Volunteer of the Year at the 2014 SA Sports Awards which was held at the Sandton Convention Centre on Sunday November 20th.

Sandile “Cyril” Mqadi and his trophy
Sandile “Cyril” Mqadi and his trophy

Mqadi, who works with former street children at Umthombo, began his involvement in surfing in Umzumbe on the KZN South Coast back in 1994. He is an internationally accredited judge who has worked on major national and international events both in South Africa and abroad. He is also an internationally accredited surfing coach and has helped numerous young surfers from Umzumbe and Durban to become better competitors but it is his commitment to coaching disadvantaged children at Addington Beach in Durban which earned him the nomination and the win.

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