Unfortunately all too soon it was time for us to pack it up again and head further north to Vilankulos.

As we were leaving, however, we decided to stop in at the the Old Pomene Hotel on our way out to explore the ruins that were left.

Build in 1968 by a conglomerate of Portuguese and South African businessmen, the Old Pomene Hotel must have been quite something in its heyday.

Located on the edge of a rocky outcrop with the ocean pounding into the jagged cliffs below, it has breath-taking views on three sides, not to mention that it is one of the only bricks and mortar type hotels that we had seen since Chongoene and before that Maputo.

It was huge, with around twelve individual buildings all of which have subsequently fallen into ruin. When the new government came to power in 1974, most of the ex-pats were kicked out the country and so too were the owners of this magnificent resort. As the story goes it became know as the 24/20 – twenty four hours to leave the country, twenty kilograms of luggage allowed.

Our stay at Pomene will definitely be remembered as one of our special favourites in Mozambique.