There’s really not a lot to say about Benguerra Island – not because it’s not beautiful, but more because there’s really not much to it.  Last year on our African holiday, we decided to end the trip relaxing and recouperating after a relatively hectic few weeks of travel. Benguerra Island is one island of ~6 that make up the Bazaruto Archipelago on the Mozambique coast.  We stayed at the Azura hotel which was absolutely fantastic, the property was beautiful and the staff were great.

One of the interesting bits about Benguerra, and the whole archipelago is that the coast is actually really shallow. So, when the tide goes out, there is about 1 km of sand that is exposed and you can walk and walk and walk.  It’s a really unique phenomonon that I haven’t really seen anywhere else.  I’m sure it happens, but I just haven’t see it.  In the photo below, you can see a boat that is basically shipwrecked, that is until the tide comes back and the lifts the boat back.  It’s commonplace to just leave those boats far enough out that they aren’t right on shore, but understanding that they will not be in water for a few hours.

Sony A7R II | FE 16-35mm F4 | 30mm | f/14 | 1/125th | ISO200