Casa Do Mar Guest House

Tucked into the dune-backed edge of Praia do Tofo, Casa Do Mar sits where the Indian Ocean swells arrive uninterrupted from Madagascar, making this one of Mozambique's most consistent whale shark dive sites within swimming distance of the front door.

The guest house format keeps group sizes small — shared spaces encourage the kind of dive-trip conversation that larger resorts lose. Tofo's main strip, with its handful of seafood shacks and dive operators, is a short walk north along the beach track.

Tofo sits roughly 20km from Inhambane town, reachable by chapa or taxi-boat across the bay. The nearest reliable ATM is in Inhambane, so arriving with cash is advisable.