Guided Historical Tour
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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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A deserted sandbank, glittering, pristine, and privately yours. 
Peddle every square of this dazzling island. 
The most traditional and ancient way of travelling the Archipelago.
Put a game fish on your line, Ibo Island Lodge will help you catch it.
Turbulent, evocative, almost magical. 
Let our guides show you every flitter and flutter.
Navigate the winding channels of lush large mangrove forests.
This enchanting island seems to transform as the sun sets. 
A personal discovery of this unique Mozambique culture.
Ibo's massage den inspires nurture for the entire self.
Mogundula lies north of Ibo, and is completely uninhabited. 
Mozambique education levels are typically low.
No roads, no shops, a definite unexplored tourist paradise.
Sink into an ocean environment often compared to fantasy. 
Ping pong amid coral reefs and schools of underwater attraction. 
This jewelry is found no where else in the world.
