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Welcome to Travessia Beach Lodge.

A different kind of luxury, on one of Mozambique's most secluded beaches.

Hidden between coastal forest, rolling dunes and the warm Indian Ocean, Travessia is an intimate five-room beach lodge where nature sets the pace and genuine hospitality comes naturally.

Walk for kilometres along an almost deserted beach. Cross our signature suspension bridge to the ocean. Linger by the dune-top pool, explore the surrounding villages or simply enjoy the rare pleasure of having nowhere else to be.

Thoughtfully designed, entirely solar-powered and deeply connected to its local community, Travessia offers more than a beautiful place to stay. It’s a place to feel at ease, discover something different and reconnect with what matters.

Our Story

Space to be.

Endless beaches, nature’s sounds, open horizons and the freedom to make every day your own.

Beyond the ordinary.

A bridge over the dunes, a pool above the ocean and experiences shaped by nature.

 

 

A sense of belonging.

Warm hospitality, genuine encounters and a lodge rooted in the place it calls home.

 

 

The Team

Meet our people

  • Dave Rudge and Anne Bijma

    Co-owners

    Idealistic outdoor engineer Dave is the South African answer to Gyro Gearloose, just slightly more perfectionistic. His wife Anne is the appropriate counter part: Dutch import, with a talent for pairing vision and reason. Anne shares Dave’s passion for the African outdoor and they are both driven by the sustainable greater good. The Landrover whisperer and his wife are fluent in Portuguese and well connected with the villagers and Mozambican authorities. With Dave having spent most of 2013 on site to once more kick-off construction, they are now both back living in Cape Town with their two children.

  • Angela Naumann and Haje Dawn

    Co-owners

    In this combination of Namibian farm boy gone mining entrepreneur, and German journalist and communications consultant, the famous teutonic efficiency meets South African entrepreneurial thirst. Haje and Angela both enjoy coming up with and implementing ideas and are usually unable to say no when a good opportunity presents itself. Add to it a good measure of travel and adventure and you can be sure that curiosity kicks in. Haje part-time and Angela full-time, they work closely with Travessia's lodge management, overseeing budget, procurement and marketing and managing the development. When they are not commuting between Namibia, Germany, Mozambique and wherever else business and pleasure takes them, they live in Cape Town with their two children.

  • Fernando Teixeira

    Lodge Manager

    Fernando has honed his skills at reputable properties in and around Inhambane, Tofo and Barra and brings to the team experience across various sectors of hospitality. Not only is he fully bilingual in English and Portuguese, he is also born and bred in Inhambane and knows the region like the back of his hand. He is passionate about Travessia's ecological and community-driven approach to hospitality and understands the dynamics of tourism operations in rural Mozambique as much as the expectations and requirements of our international and regional guests. Patient and professional, firm and friendly, humble and helpful he is a fantastic addition to our local team and we are extremely proud that we could convince him to move into the "mata" with us, inspire our team, lead our operations and look after our guests.

  • David Saiete (approx. 1950 - 2014)

    "Father of Travessia"

    This image of Dave and Senhor David is in honour of the "Father of Travessia", David Saiete, who sadly passed away in March 2014. Senhor David was initial in establishing the partnership between the local community and Dave and Anne and took care of Travessia after Dave and Anne had to leave for South Africa and before construction was resumed in 2013. If it had not been for him, chances are that Travessia would not be what it is today. His reliability, loyalty, quiet strength and wisdom will remain unforgotten.

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It is impossible to describe this place. Water as warm as a bathtub and not a soul to be found for miles in either direction on the pristine beach.

Liv, Palsville/Iowa
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Really spectacular and probably the best accommodation I have seen in Mozambique.

Chris Atkinson, Inhambane
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Thank you for an unforgettable trip of a lifetime. We will be back one time!

Pie & Ro, London
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I have been lucky to travel a lot in my life but I have never found such paradise as Travessia Lodge.

Luise Carver, South Africa
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If you are looking for a place for your soul … this is the place to come to.

Bostjan H., Slovenia
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I really enjoyed my walk in the village and hearing how the resort works with the community in sustainable ways. I wish all hotels were this community based.

Emily G, Chicago
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Rated our best family holiday yet - when you don't see your kids for a week, and you get to read 2 books in that time, and feel like you have been away for a month, you know it’s ticked all the boxes!

Lindsey von Bach, Cape Town
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