Our Activities
At Shakati Beach Lodge, you can unleash your adventurous spirit as its coastline allows guests to watch dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and a colour palette of tropical fish and coral while diving or snorkelling. If you’re looking for the best scuba diving and snorkelling in Mozambique, book your holiday at Shakati Beach Lodge today.
Two Mile Reef is a flat-topped barrier reef renowned for its fantastic snorkelling at sites like the aquarium and exciting dive sites on the outer edge.
Two Mile Reef is a flat-topped barrier reef renowned for its fantastic snorkelling at sites like the aquarium and exciting dive sites on the outer edge.
The dives vary from 6 to 21 metres in depth (65 feet). Highlights include various hard and soft corals and many schools of reef and pelagic fish passing through. The reef caters to different skill levels depending on what section is dived.
To complete the beach house accommodation in Mozambique experience, Shakati Beach Lodge is fully serviced, and the staff reside on the property.
Go on a fully guided island-hopping excursion where guests explore the coastline fringed by tropical islands. Our team will conjure fresh seafood and snacks to take onboard, where guests can choose where to picnic for a truly fantastic day out.
The Bazaruto archipelago comprises six idyllic islands off the Mozambique coastal town of Vilanculos: Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, Paradise, Bangue, and Pansy Shell islands, all accessible from Shakati Beach Lodge. There are also numerous sandbanks to explore.
For fishing enthusiasts, you can try deep-sea fishing or fly fishing and spinning outside the marine protected areas demarcated by orange buoys.
Deep-sea fishing: The waters offshore from the Sanctuary are among the best deep-sea fishing waters on Africa’s East Coast. Numerous trophy species can be caught here, including marlin, sailfish and swordfish. Permits for fishing are required and must be organised with Shakati Beach Lodge before the fishing excursion.
Fly fishing and spinning: Fly fishing and spinning are permitted in the main channels beyond the marine protected areas.
With 30 000 hectares of protected area to explore, you will be spoilt for things to see on a game drive at Shakati Beach Lodge. The Sanctuary has several game species such as Livingston’s eland, sable, blue wildebeest, kudu, nyala, bushbuck, giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, red duiker, suni, steenbok, common duiker and bush pig. Our game drives will take you through the bush to the different viewpoints, watering holes, and bird hides.
The waters surrounding Shakati Beach Lodge provide excellent conditions for sailing with wide expanses of water at high tide, deep channels and moderate winds. Glassy calm open expanses of water offer perfect conditions for water skiing, wakeboarding and tubing. On windier days kite surfing may be your activity of choice. And for those that enjoy quieter activities you can go for a paddle on one of the Shakati Beach Lodge 2 kayaks & 2 surf skis.
Other Activities
Feel free to discover The Sanctuary’s reserve by arranging one or more of the following activities.
Beach walks: Take a morning or afternoon stroll along the beach. Each walk offers something different as the tides move the sand every day. Look out for the seabirds, starfish, crabs, octopuses and shoreline invertebrates.
Choose your favourite trail to run every morning before breakfast. Look out for the unsuspecting game on the trails and the beautiful sights you will see. We have a mix of beach/mangrove/bush trails that navigate The Sanctuary.
The Bazaruto Archipelago region is a vital East African flyway through which vast numbers of migratory birds move from their breeding to non-breeding grounds, and the estuaries in the Sanctuary serve as a resting and feeding spot.