Maputo Day Tour

• Third most beautiful train station in the world
• The Central Railway Station (Portuguese: Estação Central dos Caminhos de Ferro).
• Administered by Mozambique Ports and Railways, it is located on the CFM Sul line (now closed), which links to South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.
• It was constructed from 1908 to 1916 in the Beaux-Arts style.
• Widely recognized for its attractiveness, the station has been ranked by international publications as one of the world's most beautiful.

Tunduru Botanical Gardens is located in the center of Maputo and it is the largest botanical garden in Mozambique. These gardens were created in 1885. Among other things, there is a statue of the first Mozambican President Samora Machel. These gardens were designed by Thomas Honney, who also designed gardens for the King of Greece and the Turkish Sultan in his career. They provide shade before the hot summer days and you can spend a few hours of peace and quiet here. It is also fantastic picnic place. There is also a tennis court for sports lovers.

This 9m high statue of Samora Machel (1933 – 1986) is located prominently at Independence square in central Maputo. The statue was made in North Korea and inaugurated in 2011. Machel died in a plane crash in 1986 under circumstances about which there is still no consensus.

The Casa de Ferro (English: Iron House) is a historic prefabricated iron building located in Maputo, Mozambique.

Originally built in Belgium, the structure was bought by the Portuguese colonial government and reassembled in 1892 in Maputo (at the time named Lourenço Marques).

It was intended to serve as the residence of the Governor of the District of Lourenço Marques.

The history of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, traces its origins back over 500 years, when a fishing village developed by Maputo Bay on the site where the modern city of Maputo now stands.

The first Europeans to discover the bay were Portuguese navigators led by António de Campo in 1502.

In 1544, the Portuguese merchant and explorer Lourenço Marques reached the bay and named it Delagoa Bay.

The Portuguese established a fort on the site, but were soon forced to abandon it. In 1721, the Dutch East India Company established Fort Lydsaamheid on the bay, but abandoned it due to conflicts with local Africans and the unhealthy environment.

In the mid-18th century, the Portuguese returned to the bay, selling ivory to British ships carrying Indian textiles.

In 1773, William Bolts of the Trieste Company reached the bay and claimed it for the Holy Roman Empire. Bolts and the Austrians were forced out in 1781 by Portuguese ships sent from Goa.

The Church of Saint Anthony of Polana was built in 1962 and restored in 1992.

The building has the shape of an inverted flower and is popularly known as the “lemon squeezer”.

In the dome of the building, of concrete and with conical shape, windows with colorful crystals also allow the entrance of light.

Set in a historic 1922 Palazzo style building overlooking Maputo Bay, this stately hotel is 7 km from Aeroporto Internacional de Maputo and 2 km from the artists' collective Núcleo de Arte.

Maputo, Mozambique has multiple craft markets, including an open-air flea market and a covered central market.

These markets are filled with friendly vendors, beautifully handmade crafts and colourful trinkets.

The adventure takes a short break for a light lunch.

The Maputo–Katembe bridge (Ponte de Maputo a Katembe) is a suspension bridge across Maputo Bay in southern Mozambique.

The bridge connects the Mozambican capital Maputo, on the northern bank, with its disjunct suburb of Katembe on the southern bank.

Construction work began in 2014 and the bridge officially opened 10 November 2018.

The construction work was carried out by the Chinese China Road and Bridge Corporation;
a large part of the project is financed by loans from the Chinese Exim Bank.

The bridge is the longest suspension bridge on the African continent, replacing the Matadi Bridge, completed in 1983 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for this distinction.