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The Bazaruto National Park
This is the only marine park in the country and was proclaimed by Decree nº. 46 of 25th of May 1971 and its limits revised by Decree nº. 39/2001 of the 27th November.
The park was created in order to protect dugong and marine turtles and their respective habitats. Due to their significance the vegetation of the islands, the coral reefs, marine birds and the fauna of the park were also included.
Situated in the Inhambane province on and along the coast of Vilanculos and Inhassoro districts, the park covers a large expanse of ocean as well as the five islands of the archipelago with an area of 1430 km2.
The park has three camps (Sitone and Zenguelrmo in the island of Bazaruto and Chizungune in the island of Benguerua) and monitoring posts in the islands of Magaruque and Santa Carolina. At Vilanculos there is also a park support camp.
How to get there:
By road or air up to Vilanculos and thereafter by boat or plane to the islands.
Protected species
The Bazaruto Park is the only one entirely dedicated to the marine environment and was established to protect marine wildlife species such as the dugong, marine turtle and dolphin.
