On our third day we hitched a ride with a lovely couple, Rory and Dianna, who were taking a break from Britain’s miserable weather and spending their holiday diving in Mozambique. Expertly piloted by Pomene’s dive instructor, Rob, we cruised across the estuary mouth and sped off in search of the first of the two dive spots he’d picked out.

Although we didn’t dive ourselves, we had brought along our snorkeling gear so were able to catch a glimpse of the underwater coral world they were exploring, in particular the massive shoals of king fish that seemed fascinated with our boat.

We also managed to see a whale shark (about seven metres long), but with the divers in the water we couldn’t follow it for fear of losing them in the process. We did try to find it again once they had surfaced but without any luck.

On the return journey however, we came across a family of dolphins that we tracked for a while but with the sea becoming increasing rougher we had to head back with the utmost speed, getting thoroughly bounced about and soaked through in the process.