The Marakuja Express

The Marakuja Express

Staying at Lalaland in Praia do Tofo, Inhambane, Southern Mozambique, encourages you to eat miraculously powerful and easy to attain natural foods. Coconuts are plentiful, delicious little tomatoes cover the ground, and the flavour of this story ; the “marakuja”, soars overhead.

Coconuts, cherry tomatos and “marakuja” for breakfast. Marakujas, also known as passion fruits, or granadillas, grow all over Lalaland. Completely naturally indulgent in sweetness and sharp flavour and ready to eat soon as they hit the floor, the plant is a creeper vine and Chad and Heidi have liberally dressed their open air living space with wooden lattices that carry Marakuja fruits all over the area.

Heidi, co-owner with Chad, shared her secret to extracting all this goodness and delight…Heidi has a normal sieve, and she literally presses the juice and flavour out manually. The result is a thick nectar so full of power, it is way better to dilute it about 20 or more water parts to once concentrate.

Even better still, mix the marakuja concentrate with the water from a freshly opened coconut!

Now where is that Tipo?

Lalaland is a self catering dreamy holiday location with fabulous staff and facilities, right on the beach at Praia do Tofo, Inhambane, Southern Mozambique. Owners Chad and Heidi can also arrange activities for you; like diving, surfing and fishing – and even a breakaway trip to the fabulous Pomene.

Tours and dhow rides to Inhambane and surrounds, exploring the huge Inhambane Estuary and Islands, cruising for Dugongs at Linga Linga, sunsets at Barra…there is so much to the Tofo area, you need a few weeks to get it all in!

You can contact Lalaland by following this link… or checking their website and contact details on http://lalalandafrica.com