Fatima's Nest

Very Poor
Watch out for a South African man called Peter who will try and rip you off by getting you to pay 600 USD to hire a boat to go to a nearby island for snorkeling. He will try to make a pass at any young women on the trip and employs some scare mongering tactics by telling you that Maputo's beach is not safe. You can take a ferry to the island for much cheaper or hire a boat for much cheaper. Also the visibility is poor for snorkeling around the island and him and his mate on the island will try to scam 45 USD (per person) for the snorkeling. This guy is to be avoided at all costs. He particularly likes to prey on tour groups.

Avoid!
Fatimas Nest was terrible. Everything was ridiculously overpriced and service was bad. Bathrooms were terrible and often no running water. the location is great but spoilt by this backpackers. Our trip to Mozambique was seriously tainted by this badly run institution. the owners and managers should have a serious rethink!

Stayed over New Year's. The beach party in Tofo was great, but the hostel was not. Staff are unfriendly, often no running water, they ran out of bottled water several times, toilets and showers are filthy (they just squeegee them out), they got everyone's bookings wrong and backwards creating a huge mess, food was exorbitantly expensive for Mozambique, shuttle between Maputo and Tofo was a ripoff and a falsely advertised way to extort Fatima's guests. The people were fun, but you'd do better to pay an extra few Mtn and head somewhere else further along the beach. Fatima's is fine as long as you're completely wasted the entire time.

I stayed at Fatimas Camp for six nights. I thought it was a perfect venue regarding the access to the water. Perfect for the kayaker, windsurfer, fisherman, and surfer. A mere walk away from Tofinho. Food wise -- a well equiped market with the help from a local translator can be extremely cheap. Local Cuda, crab, and prawn. Great showers and decent ablution facilities. A great meeting spot for backpackers alike.

I just got back from Tofu and I stayed at Fatima's for a few nights. The first two nights were really good, but from there on it was terrible. There was no running water at Fatima's and the service was just downright poor. We moved to a lodge just down the road, which proved to be better. Other than that, my experience in Mozambique was great.

Right on the beach in Tofo! It's a 5-10 minute walk on the beach to get to town and the dive shops. You'll love this place if you like to step in sand outside your room each morning and you don't mind a hostel environment.

Absolute paradise!!! We stayed in tents on the sand dunes and would wake up in the morning to the sun rising over the Indian Ocean — perfect. The buffet food choice is a bit limited, especially if you don't like fish, but the location far makes up for it. A word of warning though — be careful what you spend on your bar tab, because you could end up with a bill for more than the amount of cash you have, and with no cash machines for miles around and them not taking credit cards you may have to chat up one of the workers to get some money taken off!!!