Seaside
The long, beautiful beaches of Tofo and Barra were legendary years ago and are fast regaining their former fame. Tofo is more accessible and more developed, with a hotel and holiday cottages. Barra is harder to reach but quieter, with a better setting: clean sand dunes with surf on one side and mangroves and palm groves on the other, where parrots and monkeys do their tropical stuff. Once South African fishermen stop driving along the beach in ugly 4WDs, it will be perfect. The beaches are accessible by car (though a 4WD really does come in handy for the last few kilometres of sandy road) and chapas, which go all the way to Tofo but stop 4km short at Barra village school, from where you can get a guide to show you the way to Barra Beach.
