Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort

With an airy, open plan design the resort’s Beach Villas are the perfect spot for unwinding after wonderful sunny days. Incredibly spacious, these villas offer everything you need, from a balcony and hammock, to a bathtub overlooking the ocean. In 58 sqm, the villas can feature either a king-sized or twin bed to suit your needs.

The resort’s Beach Pool Villas allow you the luxury of a veranda, complete with sun loungers. Indulge in your own plunge pool with views of the ocean, and cleanse yourself in your own outdoor shower. Featuring a sofa, desk, coffee maker and TV, you can relax in and out of the sun.

With floor-to-ceiling doors that open out onto your own deck, the extraordinary Sea View Pool Villas are raised overlooking the bay for elevated views of the beautiful waters below. Complete with a plunge pool, this 155 sqm villa is perfect for those seeking privacy and relaxation.

Designed with families in mind, the Deluxe villas offer two en suite bathrooms, and an outdoor dining space perfect for coming together, complete with a kitchenette. Featuring a pool and plenty of space for everyone to put their feet up, the Deluxe Sea View Pool Villas make for the perfect family holiday.

The Anantara Pool Villa is the height of luxury at the Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort & Spa. The perfect choice for families or groups looking for a secluded home from home, here you can dine indoors or by the pool, with panoramic views of the bay. The Anantara Pool Villa is the perfect place to make memories.

Overlooking the bay, the resort’s main restaurant serves internationally inspired dishes morning and evening. In the beautiful veranda-style dining area you can enjoy tastes from across the world, as well as indigenous herbs and spices grown in the resort’s own garden.

On the peaceful wooden deck you can dine on beautiful flavours, accompanied by the beautiful ocean waters. The menu is composed of local dishes and fantastic, Portuguese-inspired flavours. Whether the imported high quality meats, or the day’s fresh seafood, Tartaruga is beautiful culinary experience, all under the stars.

Curate your very own romantic evening to remember. Fancy a table for two on a sandbank in the middle of the ocean? Or how about a candlelit dinner on a traditional dhow sailing boat? Design the menu, set the wine list and get ready for a truly special occasion. There is also always the option of in-villa dining if you wish for more private dining experience.

In a perfect location overlooking the ocean, Club Naval offers casual, breezy eating and drinking all day long. In the relaxed atmosphere, you can dine on their signature light duck salad with tom yum salad, many local seafood dishes and dig in to dishes created through Himalayan salt brick cooking.

The Bazaruto Archipelago has been a marine national park since 1971, and is protected by strict conservation policies. This makes for incredible diving and snorkelling in pristine waters brimming with adventure. But for the more romantically inclined, you can sail the waters at sunset on traditional Dhow boats, used across the Indian Ocean for thousands of years. There’s also the option to request a picnic or tailored refreshments, to make the most such special moments. Further out beyond the perimeters of the protected area, you can partake in incredible big game fishing.

Set off from the shoreline out across the deep blue ocean and spot fantastic sea creatures in their natural habitat. Many species of turtle can be spotted, including leatherback, loggerhead and green sea turtles, alongside beautiful dolphins playing in the waves. Additionally, from June to September, lucky visitors may have the chance to observe the magnificent humpback whales as they make their yearly migration. You can even take a break and jump in the water yourself at the reef, and swim with over 2,000 species that inhabit the incredible ecosystem.

You can find true peace and relaxation in the open and airy spa at the resort that looks out across the vast, expansive horizon. Indulge in indigenous treatments set to sooth the mind, body and soul. With a full list of experiences, as well as health bar, you can reconnect and unwind all to the sound of the ocean.

Spice Spoons is Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort’s signature culinary experience. With the tutoring of a personal chef, you can learn how to pick the freshest ingredients from the resort’s garden. Explore indigenous recipes and expert techniques as you create traditional Mozambican dishes, and bring this expert knowledge back home to your own kitchen with you.

Adventuring across the sands on horseback, you can fully appreciate the incredible landscape around you at Anantara Bazaruto. Setting out in the early morning, or just as the sun is setting you can be sure to make unforgettable memories along the shore and up on the wild dunes of the island. Anyone can take part, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned professional!

Appropriate for all ages, the towering sand dunes of Bazaruto mean you can spend your days at the resort boarding down them just like a ski slope. It requires very little skill so anyone can have a go and take advantage of the exhilarating drops, a true adrenaline rush!

Anantara Bararuto Island Resort is deeply involved in the island community. Its work has successfully brought nine water wells to two villages across the island, and has supported the creation of an island health centre in 2020. Previously the closest health centre was 25km away, and the nearest hospital was four hours away by Dhow boat. Each June the Anantara Bararuto Island Resort team run a charity race to raise money in support of the health centre.

Most people around the island depend of fishing for both income and food. But as fish populations decrease each year, food insecurity has begun to rise on the island. That is why the resort has begun its vegetable garden. Not only do you get the freshest produce for each meal, but the locals have learnt how to care and grow and vegetable garden of their own. This is in the hope that they will not have to be so reliant on what is becoming an unreliable source of food.

Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort is a proud participant in the Pack for a Purpose program, aiming to help tourists make a lasting difference to the places they visit. By raising awareness of the local communities around resorts such as Anantara Bazaruto, the initiative supports local schools whilst also creating a more enriching experience for visitors. By bringing a few supplies in your suitcase, under the philosophy ‘Small Space. Little Effort. Big Impact.’, you can help support Zenguelemo School, Chitwete School and Pangaia Primary School in the community of Bazaruto Island.

In the aim of helping the younger generations on Bazaruto Island, the resort has created a training program that gets 18-24 year olds into the world of work. Providing meaningful work experience, the resort gives young people the chance to elevate their potential and go onto bright and brilliant careers. The resort currently employs ten trainees over a period of six months, across the resort’s departments.

Across the world Anantara Resorts are making a huge difference in environmental and social protection. From coral reef restoration in the Maldives to small holder engagement and support in Zambia, Anantara Resorts across the world are connected to their surrounding communities and actively joining in the fight to conserve the environment and uplift local lives.

Located in such a natural wonder as Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Anantara Bararuto works closely with African Parks and the island community to protect the ecosystem. The resort team regularly organises beach and village clean-ups, and gets the local community, guests and national park employees involved!