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A 50 to 60m yacht Mozambique in the dry season (May to October 2026) runs $260,000 to $385,000 per week plus 28 to 32 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 18 crew. The bracket runs the Mozambique coast as two structurally discrete charter products at this LOA: the Bazaruto Archipelago southern ground off Vilanculos at 22 degrees south on the Mozambique Channel southern face, and the Quirimbas Islands northern ground off Pemba at 13 degrees south on the Mozambique Channel northern face, with the 1,200 nautical mile coastal corridor between them effectively uncruised at the bracket. The active 50 to 60m fleet at any dry-season week is 1 to 2 yachts, the thinnest charter base on the East African Indian Ocean coast at the bracket and an expedition-shaped product on the resort-tied dining anchor programme.
Why the bracket calls Mozambique at this LOA
The dual-archipelago resort-tied expedition product. The bracket runs Mozambique against the wider Indian Ocean alternatives on the structurally smaller archipelago footprint and the resort-tied dining anchor programme rather than the Maldivian atoll-circuit or the Seychellois infrastructure depth. The Bazaruto carries the andBeyond Benguerra, the Anantara Bazaruto, and the Kisawa Sanctuary anchor resorts on the western lees of the five-island chain. The Quirimbas carries the andBeyond Vamizi, the Anantara Medjumbe, and the Ibo Island Lodge on the 32-island archipelago stretching north toward the Tanzanian border. The destination's product separation against the same-calendar Seychelles or Maldives runs through the empty-archipelago weight at the bracket, not through the marina infrastructure.
The southeast trade dry-season window. The Mozambique charter calendar runs May to October on the southeast trade dry season with the trades running 12 to 22 knots through July and August on the central window. The cyclone season runs November through April with named storms tracking across the Mozambique Channel and the destination closes for charter at the bracket through the wet calendar. The captain's prior cyclone-watch coordination on the Comoros-side reposition route and the Madagascar westward shoulder is the load-bearing technical question at contract.
The Vilanculos and Pemba embarkation structure. Vilanculos (VNX) on the southern mainland coast handles the Bazaruto embarkation at anchor on the Vilanculos Bay tender pickup with the airport running direct fixed-wing from Johannesburg (JNB, 1 hour 50 minutes), Maputo (MPM), and Nelspruit (MQP) on the dry-season schedule plus the andBeyond and Anantara Vilanculos charter shuttle. Pemba town (POL) on the northern mainland coast handles the Quirimbas embarkation alongside on the commercial quay by prior agent arrangement with fixed-wing from JNB (2 hours 30 minutes), Maputo, and Nairobi (NBO). The bracket-fit guest transfer runs 15 minutes from VNX to the Vilanculos Bay tender pickup or 25 minutes from POL to the Pemba commercial quay.
Weekly rate map for dry season 2026 to 2027
Rates below are firm dry-season pricing (May to October 2026, with the 2027 calendar repeating), before APA at 28 to 32 percent and gratuity at 12 to 15 percent. The Bazaruto National Park entry, the Quirimbas National Park entry, and the Mozambique customs and immigration clearance run through the APA on the daily basis. The peak Caribbean and Mediterranean windows do not apply at Mozambique because the destination's calendar runs the southern-hemisphere dry season only.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $260K to $300K per week | $215K to $255K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $300K to $340K per week | $250K to $295K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $335K to $385K per week | $285K to $340K per week |
The peak Bazaruto window in mid-July through August and the peak Quirimbas window in mid-September through mid-October pull a 5 to 10 percent premium on the published rate on the central southeast-trade hold. The Mozambique all-in week at the bracket runs roughly 3 to 5 percent above the equivalent Zanzibar week because the resort-tied dining anchor programme and the wider archipelago footprint carry the structurally richer product, roughly 2 to 4 percent below the equivalent Madagascar week on the lemur and Tsingy de Bemaraha land-product premium, and roughly 6 to 10 percent below the equivalent Seychelles dry-season week. For broader context see Charter Seychelles, Indian Ocean charter season, and the 40-50m Mozambique bracket.
What the bracket includes in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard. The 50 to 60m Mozambique pool runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four guest doubles as the layout, calibrated to multi-couple and small-family weeks rather than the multi-cabin Caribbean pattern.
Crew. Fourteen to eighteen. The Mozambique call rewards a captain bench with prior Pemba commercial-quay tenure and Vilanculos Bay anchor positioning, prior Bazaruto National Park and Quirimbas National Park permit coordination on the marine-reserve compliance, and prior cyclone-watch coordination on the November shoulder-edge reposition routine. The chef provenance runs the South African and East African Indian Ocean pool with the local-provisioning route through Pemba or Vilanculos and the cross-corridor restock through JNB on the wider rotation. The dive instructor's prior bench on the Two Mile Reef Bazaruto programme and the Quirimbas reef-wall product is the load-bearing technical crew question at inquiry.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat plus a dedicated dive tender. The Quirimbas reef-wall daylight, the Bazaruto dugong channel programme, and the Ibo Island shore-historical call run tender-heavy. The resort-tied dining anchor shuttle at andBeyond Vamizi and Anantara Medjumbe takes the primary on the shore landing.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Bazaruto western-lees anchorages take the prevailing southeast-trade swell that wraps around the southern face of Benguerra and Magaruque, and the Quirimbas western-lees holds take the occasional easterly chop on the wider reef-edge corridor. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit through the central trade-wind window.
Beach club. Required. The Bazaruto Two Mile Reef and the Quirimbas reef-wall daylight run the beach club open hard through the 25 to 27 degree water band. The morning window before the southeast-trade afternoon chop is the structurally open programme on both grounds.
Helipad. Cat A useful at the upper end. The cross-corridor helicopter shuttle from VNX to the Sabi Sand or Kruger safari camps and from POL to the Niassa Reserve interior or onward to the Tanzanian southern circuit runs the safari-coast pairing on the bracket-fit upper end. The bracket without the helipad runs the safari-coast pairing on the fixed-wing reposition through JNB or Dar es Salaam.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Mozambique call sits inside a 7 to 14 night East African dry-season programme on one ground or, on the upper-end product, as a 10 to 14 night dual-archipelago combination on the operator-built northbound or southbound reposition. The 7-night Bazaruto round trip runs VNX embarkation, two nights split between the andBeyond Benguerra and the Anantara Bazaruto western-lees anchorages, one night at the Kisawa Sanctuary southern anchor, two nights at the Two Mile Reef eastern reef-edge daylight and the Magaruque western lees, one night at the Bangué empty-anchor southern ground, one night at the Vilanculos Bay outer roads for the disembark.
The 10-night Quirimbas round trip runs POL embarkation, one night at the Pemba commercial quay for the clearance, three nights split between the andBeyond Vamizi and the Anantara Medjumbe northern anchors, two nights at the Quilálea and Matemo central ground with the Quirimbas reef-wall daylight, two nights at the Ibo Island historical anchor and the Quirimbas central marine-reserve daylight, two nights at the Pemba outer roads for the disembark. Ten nights. The bracket's strongest standalone shape on Mozambique.
The 14-night Bazaruto plus Quirimbas dual-archipelago routing runs the 7-night Bazaruto leg as described above paired with the 7-night Quirimbas leg on the operator-built northbound positioning leg between VNX and POL on the empty corridor or the fixed-wing transfer with the guest leg on the resort-coordinated shuttle. The corridor itself is uncruised at the bracket and the captain runs the positioning leg as a delivery rather than a charter day-call.
What the bracket does not do well at Mozambique
The wet-season window from November through April. The cyclone calendar runs the destination off-calendar and the bracket does not charter through the wet window. We would pass on any December through March plan at Mozambique and position the bracket on the wider Indian Ocean shoulder through Madagascar or the Comoros eastward reposition.
The 1,200 nautical mile uncruised coastal corridor between the Bazaruto and the Quirimbas. The Mozambique central coast at Beira, Quelimane, and Nacala holds no resort-tied charter anchor on the bracket-fit product and reads as a delivery corridor rather than a charter ground. We would pass on any plan that runs the central corridor as a day-call shape and route the dual-archipelago pairing on the resort-tied northbound leg only.
The standalone Inhaca and Maputo Bay southern call. The southernmost Mozambique cruising ground at Inhaca Island and Maputo Bay reads as a 2 to 3 day product without the broader Bazaruto extension and the bracket does not run the standalone southern week here. We would pass on the standalone Inhaca plan and route any southern call as the embarkation shoulder day only with the wider Bazaruto programme.
The Quirimbas overnight without the andBeyond Vamizi or Anantara Medjumbe prior coordination. The Quirimbas resort-tied dining anchor programme runs on the resort-coordinated daylight shuttle and the bracket-fit Quirimbas week sits structurally short of the resort coordination. We would pass on any Quirimbas overnight without the resort coordination confirmed in writing through the Mozambique yacht-charter agent at contract.
What to book
For two couples, 7-night Bazaruto round trip in mid-August with VNX embarkation, two nights at the andBeyond Benguerra and the Anantara Bazaruto, one night at the Kisawa Sanctuary southern anchor, two nights at the Two Mile Reef and the Magaruque, one night at the Bangué empty anchor, one night at the Vilanculos outer roads for the disembark: a 53 to 55m motor yacht, 6 cabins, twin tenders plus chase plus dedicated dive tender, captain bench on the Bazaruto National Park permit routine and the Two Mile Reef anchor positions. Budget $320K per week, all-in roughly $425K including APA at 30 percent. Lead time 8 to 12 months for the August central-trade window.
For a family of 10, 14-night dual-archipelago dry-season routing in mid-September with VNX embarkation through the Bazaruto leg first, fixed-wing transfer to the Quirimbas leg, one night at Pemba for the clearance, three nights at andBeyond Vamizi and Anantara Medjumbe, two nights at the Quilálea and Matemo central ground, two nights at the Ibo Island historical anchor: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, Cat A helipad load-bearing for the cross-corridor safari-coast shuttle on the wider extension, captain bench on the dual-archipelago routine and the November shoulder cyclone-watch protocol. Budget $370K per week, all-in roughly $495K. Lead time 12 to 16 months.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m Mozambique and East African Indian Ocean dry-season inventory updates weekly through the May to October calendar.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Indian Ocean charter season how-to.