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johnmicfarrell14:52 UTC22 Nov 2009

Hi Guys,

I fly to Pemba at the end of December where I plan to spend a few days with the possibility of trip to the Archipelagos Quissanga, is this worth a visit as I will also visit Illa Mocambique later in the trip? From Pemba I plan to head inland to Lichinga and then on to Cobue so I can cross over to the Likoma Islands & Nkhata Bay in Malawi. I have a copy of the LP Mozambique but it's over 2 years old now so some of the info may well be out of date. It mentions that it takes about 3 days in a well equipped 4 wheel drive from Montepuez to Lichinga? Does anyone have any experience of this? How much does this cost & where can this be organized? Also, can I arrange transport in Pemba, if so where can I do this? I am a budget traveller and travelling rough is fine!!

Thanks for any info in advance!!

JMF.

rudik16:44 UTC22 Nov 2009

From Ilha de Moz you can get across to Lichinga in a minimum of 3 days. Take a bus or minibus from Ilha to Nampula (you may have to change buses at Monapo), catch a train next morning from Nampula to Cuamba (unless it is not running on that particular day), take a minibus taxi from Cuamba to Mandimba and another to Lichinga. See http://www.mozguide.com/fala/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3205
Instead of going on to Lichinga and Cobue, you could also cross the border at Madimba and make your way to Mangochi and up to Monkey Bay, then catch the Ilala there - but note that the Ilala only commences its journey once a week, on Fridays, I think. It also therefore only calls at Cobue (on the up run) once a week on its way to Likoma and then on to Nkhata Bay. If you get off at Likoma you will have to find some other way of getting to Nkhata Bay - or wait a week for the next visit of the Ilala.

Pemba to Likoma Islands & Nkhata Bay.