Day 10 Zongone - Tofo

We left Zongone Beach and headed North to Xai-Xai on N1 road. Old and unoccupied buildings from Portuguese still stay untouched.

There are plastic bags hanging off the trees on the sides of the road - you can by freshly roasted cashew nuts there. Mozambique once was the world’s leading producer of cashew nuts, but after the civil war the industry was destroyed. Now there are still 32 million cashew trees left in the country from colonial times though not many new have been planted for the next generations…

Driving more North there are nice lagoons and scenic views as the road goes just right next to the beach:

There is always much happening on the roads - overloaded trucks, animals, people. This one would have a soft landing :)

We turned off N1 on sandy road near Ravene town, it was nice to be on an empty road again and get away from many police checks that are all over N1.

As we got closer towards the sea we drove through loads of coconut plantations. The road got smaller and smaller and we drove through villages and sometimes it felt like we driving all over someones garden :)

We went to Tartaruga Beach, pretty steep and sandy hill and you can choose which route to take: Safe or Brave :) So we deflated tyres and went off:

On top of the hill very beautiful scenery comes into view:

Tartaruga beach Restaurant/Bar/Hotel:

After a beer and a chat with the owner we headed to Praia do Tofo. Very popular place amongst tourists and lots of backpackers here. We camped at Fatimas Restcamp and walked to town for a great dinner: we had amazing barracuda with rice and salad in local restaurant just off the market square for 100 Meticais each! (1.8€). We always try to find local bars and restaurants and try to avoid tourist places, you are less hassled and get value for money and this one was worth it :)
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