3 Days/2 Nights White River to Maputo Art & Architectural Meander (Min 2 pax)

Day 1: The Artist’s Press and Graskop Art Hotel

1. 2h · Admission ticket included
   be met by Mark Attwood – a Lithographer and Printer who spends time preparing limited edition works to be printed.
2. 7h · Admission ticket included
   Each room at this special hotel is a work of art, installed by some of South installed by some of South Africa’s best known artists who have left their distinctive personal “fingerprints” and philosophies in the form of chandeliers made of mattresses, wall coverings made of plastic hangers, rear-view mirrors at the dressing table and more… a seriously strenuous sensory workout

Day 2: Chissano Museum and Pancho Guedes Creations and Portuguese Art Deco

1. 2h · Admission ticket included
   Visit Chissano Gallery, a fundamental introduction to art in Mozambique. The spirit of Mozambique’s armed struggle is ever-present in the totem-pole-like carvings skinny, desperate humans crushed under the clumsy, uncaring feet of fat figures perched victoriously on top.
2. 2h · Admission ticket included
   This gem of the 50s is a fine example of Pancho Guedes’ unique architectural style. The Sagrada Familia Church is shaped like a ship’s hull, replacing the dragons with crosses and then repeating the motif of the Latin cross throughout, this is a perfect example of the Portuguese Art Deco architecture
3. Maputo Central Railway Station
   1h · Admission ticket included
   It was constructed from 1908 to 1916 in the Beaux-Arts style. Widely recognized for its attractiveness, the station has been ranked by international publications as one of the world's most beautiful. In addition to serving as an active train terminus, the station contains a rail museum, food venues, and holds music events.
4. 1h · Admission ticket included
   This is an Artists cooperative in the heart of Maputo city. Frequent exhibitions featuring the work of up-and-coming artists (some of which are for sale). Other works that you can appreciate include pottery by Mozambique’s Reinate Samdimba and paintings by Valente Malangatana. There is also a garden where you can talk with the artists and watch them at work.
5. Pass by
   By Pancho Guedes
   Modernist style
   Concluded in 1961
6. Pass by
   By Carlos Cesar Dos Santos
   Eclectic style
   Concludes in 1947
7. 30m
   By Herbert Baker
   Palace style architecture
   Concluded in 1922

Day 3: The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

1. Parish of Our Lady of the Conception of the Cathedral of Maputo
   20m
   It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 28, 1936, and is located inside the narthex and inscribed by the Bishop of Mozambique and Cape Verde, D. Rafael Maria da Asunção. Construction on the cathedral was completed in 1944.
2. 1h · Admission ticket included
   This Franciscan church, an emblematic building of modernist architecture, was designed by the portuguese architect Nuno Cavreiro Lopes. The Church of Saint Anthony of Polana was built in 1962 and restored in 1992. The building has the shape of an inverted flower and is popularly known as the “lemon squeezer”. In the dome of the building, of concrete and with conical shape, windows with colorful crystals also allow the entrance of light.
3. Fortress of Maputo
   1h · Admission ticket included
   A national monument that depicts moments of Portuguese colonial occupation and how local people resisted. Old Portuguese weapons are on display
   
   20 minutes, Admission included

Pickup details

Pick up and drop off at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport or any Hotel or Lodge in Nelspruit, White River or Hazeyview areas

• Wheelchair accessible
• Specialized infant seats are available
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels