The Bazaruto National Park was inaugurated in 1971, an archipelago of six islands off the Mozambican coast between Vilankulo and Inhassoro.
The bay off Inhassaro is popular with scuba divers with the reefs and the area is a seasonal home to many species of Dolphin, Turtle, the rare and endangered Dugong or Sea Cow, Whale sharks, Manta Rays and Humpback whales.