Kitesoul Magazine #10 English Edition

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TRIP
Mozambique
There are two main locations; the most popular
one is in the Vilankulos region in the South,
and the other in the Pemba region in the North.
Statistically the wind seemed strongest in the
North in July and August, so I focused my research
on the Cabo Delgado region. It didn’t take long
because there’s just the one kitsurfing school in
the North, based at Murrebue beach. I did a Google
Earth search for the place and saw that it was
indeed an amazing spot. The bay is formed by a
33km long beach and a lagoon 3km wide. I contacted
the Il Pirata school and found it was closed
for the summer for refurbishment, but they
were happy to accommodate us all the same. All
I had to do then was find some flights. There was
just one airline serving Pemba: LAM, with plenty
of connections to Nairobi, Dar Es Salam, Johannesburg
and Maputo. Then I had to arrange for
visas, as they don’t issue them on the spot. You
have to send your passport to the embassy in Paris
and be prepared for a wait; it took more than a
month for the visas to arrive and I received mine
with only a few days to spare before we were due
to go. As with any trip, the challenge is to avoid
taking too much kitesurfing gear, and this time I
also had to find room for a drone. I’d tried to get
information from LAM before the trip, but received
no answers to any of my emails or phonecalls.
But I suppose LAM is a local company after all…