Watersport lovers can enjoy Nuarra Lodge activities year-round in sheltered Memba Bay. Fantastic whale watching from the shore and from a boat is possible from June to November. These beautiful creatures swim right into the bay during the day and their haunting calls can be heard at night.
Unique Dives and Rebreather Diving
Experience a novel way to view marine life on a night dive - try Glow Diving. Most marine life exhibits some kind of bioluminescence, which when viewed with a fluorescent light glows as you’ve never seen before. With the use of blue lights and special filters on a night dive, witness the reef light up, like an underwater disco. Catch the popular fluo dive bug, your night dives will never be the same again.
Nuarro Lodge is a closed-circuit rebreather friendly dive destination, the only one found in Northern Mozambique. 100% oxygen at 200 bar, soda sorb, training and support are all available here. Two rental units are on hand, so you can always dive with a buddy. Explore more of the reef using an underwater scooter and take an advanced open water course and choose the diver propulsion vehicle elective as one of your adventure dives.
Scuba Diving at Nuarro Lodge
Nuarro Lodge offers both exciting shore and boat dives. The close proximity of the continental shelf allows for some easy but interesting shallow shore dives to plunging walls and wreck diving. Based in the protected Nanatha Bay, on the Baixo do Pinda Península, diving is within a marine reserve where illegal fishing has been banned, allowing for some spectacular diving.
The bay is ideal for all level of divers, from the complete novice to the seasoned diver using a rebreather or Nitrox. Water conditions are warm, calm with an average visibility of 20m+. Various ecosystems can be explored, tropical coral reefs, caves, pinnacles, vertical walls, drop-offs, a wreck and muck diving. Small exclusive dive groups, the only other divers you’ll see underwater are part of your group. Excellent for underwater photography too, with some great macro and gorgonians for wide-angle shots.
Snorkelling
At Nuarro Bay you can snorkel directly from the beach. The Nuarro Bay coastline is a sea life paradise with many coral reefs just a short swim from the beach. The house reef Enupa Reef is only a 100m swim from the beach, and 4 to 12m deep.
Enupa Reef lays in front of the activities centre about 100m from the beach and is part of the Nuarro Marine Reserve. This is easy and relaxing snorkel where you can spend most of the time at around 5m but you can also venture down to 12m if you wish. Snorkelling here can be done at most times of the day, but high tide is the best time as the entrance is easier.
Day trip to Ilha de Mocambique (World Heritage Site)
Guests depart early for a 2-hour drive, one way, on part tar and part dirt roads through the countryside. Ilha has a fascinating mix of historical influences including Arabic, Swahili, Dutch and Portuguese. This excursion includes lunch.
Adventure Day Trips
The drive takes 2 hours and 30 minutes on dirt roads (one way) travelling through Mozambique landscapes to arrive at the Lurio Waterfalls, located in the far north of the district. Guests can spot wildlife and enjoy a picnic next to the river. This trip is not possible in the rainy season from April to November.
