Shopping in Inhambane

Machilla Magic is a craft village located in Vilankulo. This fishing village has almost entirely put down their nets and now focus on making and marketing interesting artifacts made from different materials. They make wooden wares, décor pieces, jewelry, baskets, fabrics and barrel, and Pilau work out of recycled materials, coconut, and more. 
 

Papagayo is a wonderful clothes, jewelry, and souvenir shop centrally located in the town of Vilankulo. 
 

Even if you don’t think you want to buy crafts, it’s worth stopping in at the excellent Artes Maconde at Avani Pemba Beach Hotel. It sells a wide range of quality carvings, crafts and textiles sourced from throughout Mozambique as well as elsewhere in the region.

Vilankulo's market is a maze of vendors selling everything from cloth to fish to shoes to fruit. 

Tofo Market is a big open market offering locally made goods from carvings to clothes to paintings.