White Pearl Resort, a luxury beach resort located on the Lagoon Coast in southern Mozambique, has recently launched game drives into the adjacent Maputo Special Reserve, one of the most scenic conservation areas in Africa.
The new experience enables travelers to combine a Mozambican tropical beach and diving holiday with a bush safari, all in the same place.
With the recent availability of 30-day tourist visas on entry and improved infrastructure, the Maputo Special Reserve and its contiguous coastline, Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, are set to become major tourist destinations in Southeast Africa.
The imminent opening of a major new tarred road will cut travel time from the capital, Maputo, to the coast to just 45 minutes, making White Pearl Resort the most accessible luxury beach resort in Mozambique.
Located just 62 miles south of Maputo, the Maputo Special Reserve is one of 36 biodiversity hotspots identified worldwide. Covering 400 square miles, it has numerous freshwater inland lakes, coastal dunes, closed-canopy forests and large open plains.
As part of ongoing efforts to develop the area for tourism, more than 8,000 animals have been translocated to the reserve since 2010 in a multiyear endeavor supported by the governments of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa as well as various organizations.
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