Benguerra Island · Mozambique
Kisawa Sanctuary
300 hectares of beachfront and coastal forest on Benguerra Island
Kisawa Sanctuary is 300-hectares of beachfront calm and coastal forest on Benguerra Island, Mozambique. The Sanctuary not only offers guests the utmost privacy across 5 km of Indian Ocean coastline, but enables them to support marine research and conservation, via its sister property, Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies, Africa’s first permanent ocean observatory. Africa is home to magnificent properties contributing to discovery and conservation, however none of this calibre by the ocean.
Property Overview
Kisawa Sanctuary is 300-hectares of beachfront calm and coastal forest on Benguerra Island, Mozambique. The Sanctuary not only offers guests the utmost privacy across 5 km of Indian Ocean coastline, but enables them to support marine research and conservation, via its sister property, Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies, Africa’s first permanent ocean observatory. Africa is home to magnificent properties contributing to discovery and conservation, however none of this calibre by the ocean.
Location
Benguerra Island is situated 14 km off Mozambique, on the eastern coast of Africa. Part of the Bazaruto Archipelago National Marine Park, it is home to some of the richest and least explored subtropical ecosystems in the Indian Ocean.
Design & conservation
Kisawa is a happy pairing of innovation and tradition. Believing in inclusive design, Kisawa has worked with skilled artisans from Benguerra Island as well as utilising progressive conscious construction methods. Decisions have been careful to protect the environment and ensure a light footprint on the natural landscape where possible. The vision has been to blend rather than interrupt.
The residences
Eight bespoke residences are carefully positioned over a 300-hectare stretch of forest, beach, and sand dunes, ensuring optimum privacy, minimum disturbance, and maximum appreciation of the natural environment. Skirting the coastline of the southern point of Benguerra Island, each residence has its own beachfront views, private swimming pool, sun deck, and day area – with a dedicated service team and a pantry stocked to individual preference.
Wellness
At Kisawa, wellness is more than a treatment list – it’s the underlying philosophy. Kisawa’s spa specialises in holistic Ayurvedic healing, housed in the Natural Wellness Centre. A fully equipped gym, plus Kisawa’s 25 meter central lagoon pool, is closely connected to the natural wellness centre, ensuring guests can either swim laps or relax poolside post-treatment or after a day of water activities at the nearby sports locker.
Dining
Four dedicated restaurants plus a pizza tuk tuk exclusively cater to guests of the sanctuary – offering the freshest and, where possible, locally produced flavours of modern Mozambique.