• Visit Vilanculos - explore a local village on Mozambique's mainland.

• Fantastic Fishing - the lodge has a modern fleet of boats, and comprehensive Fishing Centre.

• Wonderful Staff - expect great service with a genuine smile.

The 30-minute boat transfer to Marlin Lodge, across the aquamarine Indian Ocean, should help ease you into the slower pace pace of island life. Benguerra Island is an excellent choice for a leisurely beach holiday; stroll along the beach or laze on your secluded terrace.

The centerpiece of Marlin Lodge is a spacious, wooden and thatched living-dining area with beautiful ocean views. The swimming pool is in a glade of coconut and ilala palms, perfect for a day of lazing and tropical cocktails. Raised boardwalks limit damage to the sensitive dune environment, and each chalet has it's own decked walkway to the beach.

Part of the Bazaruto Archipelago, the warm tropical waters surrounding Benguerra Island have incredible coral reefs and an abundance sea life. The lodge has a fully equipped dive and snorkel centre, and offers a host of other water activities including water-skiing, wind surfing, catamaran sailing, knee-boarding or Marlin fishing.

There is also a wellness centre where you can enjoy refreshing and destressing spa and beauty treatments.

Note: Marlin Lodge is still completing post-cyclone renovations, and plans to reopen in February 2008.

Marlin Lodge is situated on the southwest shore of Benguerra Island, the second largest island in the Bazaruto Archipelago, off the coast of Mozambique

• Air-Conditioning
• Bar Facility
• Ceiling Fans
• Curio Shop
• Laundry Service
• Outdoor Shower
• Spa
• Swimming Pool

Food at Marlin Lodge consists of Mozambiquen cuisine, infused with Asian and Portuguese flavours. Local seafood is plentiful; with crayfish, succulent prawns or calamari fresh off the dhow.

Each night you can dine somewhere different. There is a choice of three dining areas, or you can have a romantic dinner for two on your private terrace.

Beach barbecues area a real treat, with tables on the sand at the end of an avenue of palm fronds and flame torches.

Marlin Lodge has 14 luxury chalets and 3 executive villas dotted along the beach of Flamingo Bay.

Private Luxury Chalets: the wood, reed and thatch chalets are beautifully integrated into the environment, and each has a private patio with a walkway down to the beach. These recently renovated chalets have beautiful finishes such as slated flooring and soft lighting.

Executive Villas: the villas are huge, making them ideal for longer stays. The 80sqm floor space is plenty of room for a king size four-poster bed and two seating lounges, while the 30sqm veranda is the perfect dinner for a private dinner overlooking the sea.

All the rooms have great ocean views. At the end of the day you can drift to sleep listening to the sound of the waves and the wind in the palm trees.

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• 1 February 2008 - 31 January 2009
  
  From € 246 £ 196 R 2971 $ 381 per person sharing

† All prices are accurate but you may find that the final rates in your quotation vary slightly due to room type, seasonality and currency conversion.