Cinco Portas now offers special deal for our customers.
4x4 car + boat transfer door to door for up to 6 passengers from Pemba to Cinco Portas.
Pemba – Ibo - Pemba: 400 USD
Pemba - Ibo: 250 USD
(Prices per transfer, not per person)
Otherwise you have two options how to get to Cinco portas. By road or by plane.
Here you can find tide predictions for Ibo Island
Via Metuge 125 Km
Take the main road out of Pemba and turn right on the Metuge Road to Quissanga. This is a dirt road with many dips, difficult or closed during rainy season. Enquire beforehand on the condition of the road and its bridges.
From Quissanga, drive on to Tandanhangue. You can park at the car park across or before the mud flats. In Tandanhangue harbour (Baobab beach) you can take dhow or motorboat with one of the local captains.
Alternatively our motorboat can come to pick you up for 60 USD per boat ride. Our boat can accommodate up to 6 people. The cross over by motorboat takes about 45min.
Boats leave only at high tide.
By Road from Pemba:
Via Metuge 125 Km – faster but rougher way.
By Road from Pemba:
Via Bilibisa 250 Km – longer but better road
By Plane