Mamoli
Beach Camp - Camping & Beach Houses
Ponta
Mamoli - Mozambique
The
Mamoli Beach Camp opened on 1 December 2021 and we welcomed our first
visitors for a quiet holiday experience in a remote yet close-to-home
spot.
Mamoli Beach Camp GPS Co-ords: 26⁰41’53.00”
S 32⁰53’53.50” E
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The
Mamoli Beach Camp is situated in southern Mozambique, only about an
hour and a half from the Kosi Bay border. The first 14km beyond the border is on tar road and
thereafter it’s mostly 4x4 or Diff Lock territory.
This beautiful spot is safe,
literally surrounded by wetlands to the west, pristine dune forest to
the north and the south, and the beach and ocean to the east. The wetlands make
much of the land uninhabitable, therefore this area has always been, and still is, very sparsely
populated.
Camping
Camping
The
campsite is situated in the dune forest +-150m from the
beach.
- Campsites are semi-private, well screened off
but not isolated.
- All sites are mostly shady, but there are places
for the charging of solar panels.
- A wash-up area at each campsite, with cold
running water.
- Plug points are available at each campsite, not
for any appliance with an element.
- No braai facilities, please take your own braai
equipment.
- Power to campsites may be off from 10pm to 7am
depending on weather and power consumption.
Although we do not allow guests to run generators,
please expect us to use ours as it is a backup to our solar system.
When usage of our electricity is high, we use our generator to
supplement the power. We do so at times when guests are most likely out
of camp.
When it is cloudy and rainy, we run our generator as much as we need
to, to keep the electricity on. The generator is placed in the
back of a vehicle which is parked about 40 meters away from camp. We do
try to make it as quiet as possible.
- Strictly no dogs or other pets are allowed.
- Nearby ablution consist of 10 individual
bathrooms with hot water showers and flush toilets.
- There will be set times for hot water at the
ablution blocks morning and evening.
- The borehole water in the ablution blocks and at
the campsites is not for drinking as it is not purified and is stained
with tannins from the plants in the wetlands and with iron and other
minerals in the sand.
Please bring
- Mosquito repellent
- Braai Grid
- Food & drinks
Self Catering Chalet
Self Catering ChaletSleeps 2 adults and 2 children, caters for 4
The Chalet consists of:
- A living room / bedroom
- A bathroom with shower, toilet, basin.
- A private forest-view deck at the back which is also the living area and kitchen, with cold water on tap.
- A small camping area close by for older
children / adults to sleep in their own tent and use the chalet’s
bathroom and other facilities. (Camping rates apply here)
- The
living / bedroom has 2 three-quarter sized beds (with mosquito nets)
can be joined with a matress topper, and a double-bed air mattress with
mosquito net for children sleeping in the chalet.
- Enough packing space for clothes and food.
- Electric chest freezer in living area (It does
not freeze big amounts of meat, but it keeps things frozen, or it can
be used as a fridge)
- The kitchen is well-equipped with a 2-plate gas
stove, pots, pans, cutlery, crockery, utensils (you don’t need to bring
anything extra for the kitchen)
- On the deck are tables, camping chairs and a clothes drying rack.
Please bring your own:
- Toiletries, bath towels & beach towels.
- Bedding for all guests (Linen, pillows & blankets).
- Dish cloths, scouring sponges, dishwashing liquid and washing powder
- Food and drinks.
Beach Houses
Both houses are completely off grid. Electricity is provided by solar.
House 1 has a 15kwh lithium battery and House 2 has a 10kwh lithium battery. So both
these systems are more than adequate, but guests still need to be aware of
their power consumption especially on rainy / cloudy days. In extreme cases of
consecutive bad weather days, our system is designed to make use of a
generator so the houses will always have power. |
- Both houses are on the crest of the dune in a
small cleared area, surrounded by dune forest.
- Both have views of the ocean, the forest and the
wetlands.
- It is an easy 2-minute walk from both houses
down to the beach along the contoured footpath.
Beach House 1
Beach House 1
- House #1 sleeps 10 people in 3 bedrooms and a loft.
- 1 Main bedroom with a Queen size bed and en suite bathroom with a shower.
- 2 Bedrooms, each with a Queen bed sharing a bathroom with a shower.
- 1 Upstairs loft, open and not completely
private, with 4 single beds which can be joined with a mattress topper
on request, shared bathroom downstairs. 1 private outdoor shower.
- Spacious Beach House with breathtaking ocean and forest views.
- Each bedroom has a dresser, mosquito net and
ceiling fan.
- Each bedroom has lovely sized cupboards with
packing and hanging space.
- The loft has enough packing space as well as
hanging space.
- Each room / area in the house has a beautiful
view of either the ocean or the forest.
- Bedding and bath towels provided.
- No air-conditioning - The
house has more than 100 windows and is on top of the first forested
dune from the beach where it gets the cool sea breeze. Each room and
the loft have ceiling fans.
- No swimming pool
- No TV
- No WIFI
- No washing machine / dishwasher
- House serviced on request at a small fee
- Living area, couches seating 8 people
- Big bench inside the living area which can seat
8 people
- Kitchen with a big single door fridge as well as
a big single door freezer.
- Gas stove with four burners and oven.
- Small round wash-up sink (kitchenette)
- Scullery with wash-up area (double sink)
- All necessary kitchen utensils.
- A wooden deck on three sides of the house, the
deck on the ocean side is accessible only through the house.
- Big communal braai deck at the back of the
house, partly shaded, has a fire pit and braai grid, outdoor chairs
provided.
- Outdoor shower with only cold water to rinse off
the sand.
- The borehole water at the houses is not for
drinking as it is not purified and is stained with tannins from the
plants in the wetlands and with iron and other minerals in the sand.
Please bring your own:
- Food and drinks.
- Toiletries and BEACH TOWELS (Bath towels
provided are not to be used as beach towels)
- Washing powder.
- Mosquito repellent.
- Drinking water (bottled water can be bought at
the community roadside stalls / spaza shops).
Beach House 2
Beach
House 2
Sleeps 6 people
- 1 Bedroom Queen size bed en suite.
- 1 Loft with 4 single beds.
- Spacious Beach House with breathtaking ocean and
forest views.
- No air-conditioning - The house has more than 20 windows and is on top of the first
forested dune from the beach where it gets the cool sea breeze. Each
room and the loft have ceiling fans.
- A spacious fully covered shady deck, with sea views, open on 2 sides, offers a cool breezy relaxing living area.
- No swimming pool.
- No TV.
- No WIFI.
- No washing machine / dishwasher.
- House can be serviced on request for a small fee.
- Living area inside the house with 4 single
chairs and a couch.
- Island in kitchen with 3 bar stools.
- Kitchen with a medium sized fridge and box
freezer.
- Gas stove with four burners & oven.
- Scullery with wash-up area (double sink)
- All necessary kitchen utensils.
- The en suite bedroom has lovely sized cupboards
and the loft has two wooden chests of drawers.
- Large wooden table on the deck seating
9-10 people.
- 2 couches seating 3 persons each.
- Big braai deck at the back of the house with a
fireplace, outdoor chairs provided.
- Outdoor tap with only cold water to rinse off
the sand.
- The borehole water at the houses is not for
drinking as it is not purified and is stained with tannins from the
plants in the wetlands and with iron and other minerals in the sand.
Please
bring your own:
- Food and drinks.
- Toiletries & BEACH TOWELS (Bath towels
provided are not to be used as beach towels)
- Washing powder.
- Mosquito repellent.
- Drinking water (bottled water can be bought at
the community roadside stalls / spaza shops).
Wildlife
The Mamoli Beach Camp campsites and beach houses are
set in pristine sub-tropical dune forest, so you’ll be sharing the area
with a variety of small and big creatures like bushbuck, red duiker,
small wild cat, mongoose, the rare and endangered Thongaland Red
Squirrel, many birds (including a resident Fish Eagle that hunts along
the shoreline), owls, bushbabies, Vervet monkeys and rare Samango
monkeys. It goes without saying that all foodstuff must be very
securely locked away.
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS OR ANY OTHER CREATURES.
The camp will have as small an environmental footprint as possible, and
guests are asked to take the wellbeing of the environment into account
at all times.
Fishing and other Activities
- The immediate area offers rock and surf fishing
(beach and sections of rocks).
- Offshore kayak and spear fishing is permitted
for game fish, strictly no bottom-fishing applying to both.
Permits required - available from Ponta Do Ouro.
- We strongly encourage catch and release.
- Deep sea angling is allowed and there is a
launch site nearby for ski boats and jet skis. Permits are
required - available from Ponta Do Ouro.
- Other activities are general beaching, swimming
and snorkelling on our home-beach, and scuba diving in world-renowned
spots close by, easily arranged.
- This locality also offers us the unique
opportunity of swimming with wild dolphins, also easily arranged with
the operators not far away.
- Our home-beach is a known sea turtle nesting
site.
- No alcohol is allowed on the beach in Mozambique.
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