Mozambique has been a Portuguese Colony for centuries. When it became independent in 1975 After 1992, macro economic reforms, combined with donor assistance and multi-party elections (since 1994), have led to major improvements. Foreign Investment has increased export earnings. Tourism is growing. Projects to bring back the Wildlife have been set up.
Today Mozambique can be described as one of southern Africa’s most political stable and fastest growing countries. Tourism is less developed than elsewhere in Southern Africa, but it is also unspoiled, with well-kept secrets in nature and culture and relatively safe for travellers.
 

Vilanculos
Vilanculos is a small village, 750 km’s north of Mozambique’s main capital Maputo and a gateway for visiting the Bazaruto Archipelago. All though visited by relatively many tourists, it is not really developed. It is spread out with hotels and some restaurants. There are basic shops, a vegetable market and some places where you can buy souvenirs. It is typical Mozambican, shambled and busy, especially at the end of the day when the fish is carried in for sale.