Guided Historical Tour
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Our guided historical walking tours of Ibo are hugely popular and help put all of the heritage of this amazing island into perspective. They are included in the rate and for those of you interested, you can go out with your guide as often as you would like.
Conquered and crossed by many. Ibo Island history reads like a kind of turbulent fairytale. Historically, the island see-sawed between Portuguese and Omani Arab rule. As if not an island, but some marked treasure trove. Architectural heirlooms from this era, canals cut by slaves, and other crumbles of evidence, gather on the outskirts of Ibo, reflecting this rich legacy.
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Once Upon A Time
Ibo hosts one of the most ancient settlements in Mozambique, after Ilha de Mozambique. The main trading centre was on Quirimba Island, to the south of Ibo. Trading in the Quirimbas Islands was in amber, jet, ivory, turtle shell and people.
Some kind of wonder
Experience a guided journey recounting the history of Ibo, and introducing Ibo Island of yesterday. Old forts and ancient romantic buildings, are full of intriguing sense data. Crumbling colonial homes and elegant architecture dating back to the 1500's, all having a page in Ibo's history book. Wandering around this colonial town you can feel the fascinating stories crunch under your feet. Ibo Island has a lost world appeal, with tales of pirates and prisoners, turtle shells and silver. The history is a dramatic series of events that, when recounted, seems to have a presence of magic. Your imagination exhausts itself with wonder.
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