The program fee is €350 per week and includes:

• Airport or Nacala bus station pick-up included.
• Accommodation, linens, towels, and basic toiletries provided.

Training/guidance:

• Coral reef and mangrove ecosystems: biology and species identification.
• Field techniques for the restoration of corals and mangroves.
• Underwater identification of reef species, the threats they face, and their habitats.
• Monitoring methods for the creation of long-term ecological databases.

Activities :

• Monitoring of reef transects.
• Maintenance and cleaning of coral nurseries and artificial reefs.
• Maintenance and replanting of mangroves, including seed collection (seasonal).
• Participation in aquaculture initiatives in fishing villages (monitoring of sea cucumbers).
• Support for the pilot sea cucumber farm at the Mulala Marine Sanctuary (cleaning and repairing enclosures and nurseries).
• Participation in environmental awareness activities among local populations, villages and young people.
• Data entry of collected data into the Sanctuary’s databases.
• You will participate in daily tasks such as beach cleaning, gardening, social media management and filling diving tanks.

The longer your stay, the more enriching your impact and experience will be!

• Three meals a day
• Laundry service
• Mulala Marine Sanctuary T-shirt
• One city excursion per week
• Visit to the Nacala Night Market
• Barbecue/picnic on the beach

Volunteers must stay for a minimum of two weeks, but can extend their stay up to twelve weeks.

In partnership with Ossimba Beach Lodge, volunteers have the option to take a PADI Open Water Diver course ($420 additional). Volunteers wishing to obtain their scuba diving certification must book at least three weeks in advance.