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Macúti Lighthouse & the Beira Peninsula

The tip of the Beira peninsula at Macúti has a colonial lighthouse, a famous shipwreck rusting on the beach, and the dramatic meeting point of the Pungwe River and Indian Ocean

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Macúti Lighthouse Colonial Heritage
The Portuguese lighthouse at the tip of the peninsula has guided ships into Beira harbor since 1904 — still in operation, standing among wind-bent casuarina pines at the sea's edge
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Macúti Shipwreck on the Beach
The SS Macúti cargo ship ran aground in 1979 and remains right where it ran aground — a rusty hulk now partially buried in sand that the sea is slowly reclaiming
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Beira Beach Swimming
The beach at Macúti is Beira's popular sea bathing spot — warm waters of the Indian Ocean, local families on weekends and the smell of grilled fish from the beach vendors
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Pungwe River Estuary
The broad Pungwe River empties into the Indian Ocean at Beira — the estuary is home to dolphins, large numbers of wading birds and the occasional dugong
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Mangrove Restoration Project
2019 Cyclone Idai devastated Beira's mangrove forests — a community-based estuary restoration project is replanting mangroves with local fishermen as conservation workers
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Sunset at the tip of the peninsula
The tip of the peninsula offers a 270-degree view of the Indian Ocean — watch the sun set behind the harbor cranes with dolphins surfacing in the golden waters