Glimpse of Maputo - 3 hour city tour
Description
Maputo, the Mozambican capital city is a result of several cultural, political and social changes through time. Today, the old merges with the modern tendencies as the transformation continues. Throughout time, the change along the country and especially the city of Maputo has been complex but also incredible. After a devastating civil war in the Country, Maputo is now being transformed into a more cosmopolitan city without loosing its original traits, that truly defines the city’s soul.
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Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We go to all hotels, guesthouses and residences in maputo city (matola excluded).
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Reviews(8)
Super tour with a very well educated guide named SIMAO !!! And the driver Coffi (let's think of the movie: The Green Mile with Tom Hanks
Very friendly guide and with knowledge about the historical heritage that allows us to bring a greater knowledge about Maputo and Mozambique!
Amazing city tour! We congratulate the guides Davi and Simão for the information, itinerary and attention. Comfortable car, accessible guides, showing the City of Maputo, its tourist attractions related to the historical context.
We had a great shore excursion with Simon (not sure of spelling). His English was excellent and he was very knowledgeable about the history and sites in Maputo. I would highly recommend Mabeco Tours if you want to visit Maputo.
Simao was an excellent tour guide. He soke great English. Our discussions were very interesting. If only we could sort the world out. Simao was very flexible, adjusting the tour to fit in with what we wanted, It was a very enjoyable day and highly recommended
Loved the Maputo tour and Simao was friendly, well spoken and informative. We loved the train station especially and the square (think it's called Revolutionary Square). Couldnt visit the Cathedral becase The Pope was in Maputo and happened to be at the Cathedral at the time! (Il Papa in Portugese we discovered). The central market was interesting. The craft centre would have been great if we could have just looked at things in peace without the traders pouncing on us every time we so much as looked at anything. I've travelled lots in Southern Africa and I'm familiar with this but it ALWAYS spoils the experience and my fellow visitors from UK found it most uncomfortable and wanted to leave straight away and didn't buy anything when they might have otherwise. Other than this small negative I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone.
Very informed guide with good English. Should have booked the all day tour as this was short on time at some locations. Very enjoyable.
Thanks so much for the lovely review. Once you are back in Maputo, please visit us for a full day tour :) Great Trips is what the Mabeco Tours Team wishes you
Simão is a friendly, well-informed guide who goes out of his way to provide his guests with decent all-round knowledge of the history of the city, starting from before the Portuguese occupation, through colonialisation, war of independence and civil war. He took us to all the major landmarks and provided interesting backgrounds on each. A tour well worth joining if you're looking for an introduction to Maputo.
