Baleia Vista sea view homes

19/03/2024

09/12/2023

2023 BORDER ARRANGEMENTS.
I have been waiting for days for this arrangement to be officially announced. I just received confirmation, so I can go ahead. 🕺🕺🕺
1) On 8 December 2023, the President of Mozambique, President Nyusi, informed all uniformed staff that he will not tolerate any complaints about harassment of any tourist or Mozambican national by any uniformed official. This was a very strong instruction and command which must be executed by all divisions of the Government.
2) From 13 to 25 December, NO ore carrying trucks will be allowed through the border.
3) To enter Mozambique, tourists and Mozambican nationals will be processed at 3 sites.
4) Most passenger vehicles will be processed at KM7 on the South African side. This is at the site of the old airport. Cars, taxi's, etc will be diverted and taken into the area for processing. The site will be attended by South African and Mozambican staff. Passports will be stamped to certify the person going out of South Africa and into Mozambique at this One Stop Shop. Each vehicle will have to be issued with a TIP (Temporary Import Permit) at this point. Please ensure that you do receive your Import Permit as having it, is a legal requirement and if you do not have it, you WILL be fined. The TIP is issued free of charge and no payment may be requested for it. There will be no need for the person to stop on the Mozambican side after following this procedure exceptbto hand in a gate pass, described later.
5) After being cleared by passport control, all vehicles will be inspected by Customs officials at KM7. After their inspection, each vehicle will be issued with a dated sticker to display on the windscreen of the car. This 'SAFE PASSAGE' sticker will ensure that NO tourist will be stopped for routine inspections for 24 hours after passing through the border. The sticker is NOT a licence to break the Law and transgressions of the Law, such as speeding, will still result in being stopped and fined. The intent of issuing the sticker is to ensure safe passage for an adequate time to at least reach the main tourist destinations.
6) After receiving the sticker, the cars will be issued with a Gatepass to show on the Mozambican side and allowed to proceed through the South African and Mozambican borders, with only stopping to hand in the gate pass. We advise tourists not to stop in the town of Ressano Garcia as there will be a lot of border traffic flowing through the town, which might contain criminal elements. No 'inspectors' or 'officials' wearing reflective jackets and carrying tags around their necks are allowed to stop you, until you clear the town, going past the KM4 truck inspection area. The only stop will be inside the Mozambican border post and then it will only be to hand in the gate pass, certifying that your vehicle was already inspected at KM7.
7) All cars must have Compulsory Mozambican Third Party Insurance cover. This is not part of a vehicle's South African all risks or third party insurance and must be issued by an authorised Mozambican broker. The cover is available online but if you haven't taken it out before the trip, it will be available at JoMoz, 5.6 km from the borderpost. JoMoz is situated on the left, right next to the MERU filling station and there is adequate parking available. The insurance is also available at the SASOL Garage and at the Galp Garage, but both are inside the zone which tourists are advised not to stop in.
8) Returning mineworkers and other pedestrians will be processed at the Pedestrian Processing Center, up the hill, inside the South African customs area.
9) The normal border post will also be manned and will process passports as usual. The procedure, if you get directed to the 'normal' border post, will be the same as usual, except that you will be issued with a 'Safe passage' sticker to ensure you freedom from road harassment for 24 hours.
10) The 'reverse' procedure for returning to South Africa will be announced soon and will be similar in nature to the procedure described above. The reverse procedure will come into effect on 4 January 2024.
11) On 14 December, all roleplayers will meet again to give feedback on the success of the project. The feedback session will be organised by CTA and will include a media briefing.

Good luck, safe travels and a HUGE thank you to all involved (especially Rogerio Gomes) for getting the above concessions in place.

18/11/2023

Picture says it all

15/03/2023

*Council of Ministers approves visa exemption decree:*

The Council of Ministers today approved a decree that exempts a list of countries from the need for tourist and business visas to enter the country.

The exemption will apply to visitors holding ordinary passports and will allow for a 30-day stay, renewable for an additional 60 days.

Travelers must register on the e-visa platform at least 48 hours before travel and pay a processing fee of MZN650.

Today's approved list includes the following countries: *Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal , Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States of America*.

23/07/2022

Lovely 19 to 23°C in Ponta today

04/05/2022

21/01/2022

Summary of President Filipe Nyusi's address to the nation on 19 January 2022

The measures of decree 94/2021 of 20 December 2021 are maintained for another 30 days, except for the following:
• The mandatory quarantine resulting from close contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19 decreases from 14 to 7 days
• Commercial and other service establishments will follow their regular opening hours, in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Labour, including:
o Restaurants and bars: 5:00 to 21:00
o Bakeries: 5:00 to 20:00
o Pastry shops and cafes: 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
o Shopping malls: 9 am to 8 pm
o Retail and service shops: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
o Bottle-stores: 9 am to 8 pm
All beaches across the country without exception are now open from 5 am to 4 pm, but the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on beaches and crowds of people remain prohibited.
The President also informed that the administration of the booster dose of vaccines against COVID-19 will start immediately for the following groups:
• People 60 years old and above
• People with high-risk diseases, namely the immunocompromised, renal patients, hypertensive patients, diabetics, cardio-vascular patients, people with chronic respiratory diseases and cancer patients.
• Pregnant women
Very soon, people over the age of 15 will also be vaccinated. At this time, vaccination is open to everyone aged 18 and over.
About 90% of deaths from COVID-19 in the last week in Mozambique occurred in unvaccinated people.
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Resumo da comunicação do Presidente Filipe Nyusi ao país

São mantidas por mais 30 dias as medidas do decreto 94/2021 de 20 de Dezembro, excepto:
• A quarentena obrigatória decorrente do contacto com casos confirmados da COVID-19 passa de 14 para 7 dias
• Os estabelecimentos comerciais e de prestação de serviços passam a cumprir o seu horário de funcionamento regular, de acordo com o estabelecido pelo Ministério do Trabalho, incluindo:
o Restaurantes e bares: 5H00 às 21H00
o Padarias: 5H00 às 20H00
o Pastelarias e cafés: 6H00 às 21H00
o Centros comerciais: 9H00 às 20H00
o Lojas de comércio a retalho e de prestação de serviços: 8H00 às 18H00
o Bottle-stores: 9H00 às 20H00
• É permitida a frequência normal de todas as praias de todo o país, das 5H00 às 16H00, mas mantém-se a proibição da venda e consumo de bebidas alcoólicas nas praias e as aglomerações de pessoas
O Presidente informou ainda que vai iniciar-se de imediato a administração da dose de reforço das vacinas contra a COVID-19 para os seguintes grupos:
• Pessoas a partir dos 60 anos
• As pessoas com doenças de risco, nomeadamente os imuno-comprometidos, os doentes renais, os hipertensos, os diabéticos, os doentes cardio-vasculares, as pessoas com doenças respiratórias crónicas e os doentes oncológicos.
• Mulheres grávidas
Muito em breve, vai iniciar-se a vacinação das pessoas a partir dos 15 anos. Neste momento, a vacinação está aberta a todas as pessoas a partir dos 18 anos.
Cerca de 90% dos óbitos por COVID-19 na última semana em Moçambique ocorreram em pessoas não vacinadas.

05/10/2021

House 11 still available for the nights of 26, 27, 28 & 29 December 2021 at R3500/night.
House 6 available for nights of 23, 24, 25 & 26 December also at R3500/night.

24/09/2021

🏊‍♀️The beaches are open for swimming 🏊‍♀️

27/05/2021

BEACHES ARE OPEN FOR SWIMMING

BEACHES ARE OPEN
Summary of measures announced by President Nyusi this evening:

All measures announced in Decree 24/2021 of 26 April remain in force except:
1. Pre-school education can resume, but subject to strict compliance with sanitary conditions
2. Multipurpose and medium-sized gyms may reopen, but small gyms remain closed
3. Beverage stores (bottle stores) are open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from Monday to Saturday and remain closed on Sundays and public holidays
4. Issuance of business and work visas will resume
5. Participation in State events goes from a maximum of 100 to a maximum of 150 people
6. Participation in religious services, religious ceremonies and conferences increases to 40% of venue capacity or a maximum of 75 people in closed spaces and 150 people in open spaces
7. Participation in funeral ceremonies goes from a maximum of 20 people to a maximum of 30 people, but in the case of funeral ceremonies for victims of COVID-19, the limit remains at 10 people
8. Public swimming pools are back in operation, but with a limit of 30% of their capacity
9. The beaches are reopened for walks and swiming, but without agglomerations or alcohol consumption
10. Restaurants can now close at 9 pm
11. The curfew remains in all places where it is in force but lasts from 11 pm to 4 am

17/05/2021

House 11 at Baleia Vista is for sale. Open to offers of R2 million and above. Own DUAT. All paperwork in order.

15/04/2021

Just for everyone's information. Please do not think that Palma is anywhere near Ponta do Ouro.

21/03/2021

What a wonderful day to drive peacefully on the beach with your little friend.
Pedalling on the beach has never been easy until we found this electric solution, you can rent it with one battery for a half day or 2 batteries for the whole day with upto 50km range.