edit Comoros Travel Guide

The Comoros are an island nation off the coast of East Africa, in the islands of the Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar.

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edit Getting Here

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By car

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By boat

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edit Health And Safety

Malaria, including cerebral malaria, is prevalent in the Comoros. Sleep under a permethrin-treated mosquito net and take an anti-malarial. Grand Comore and Anjouan have the best medical infrastructure and you can be tested for malaria in most major towns. If you get a fever, it is wise to get tested, especially if the fever does not respond to paracetemol or does not go away. Moheli has a hospital in Fomboni and one that recently re-opened in Nioumachoua but may occasionally be accessible.

Healthy food is not difficult to find. Eat many fruits and vegetables as well as rice. During some time of the year vegetables might be only available in small quantities in Moheli. A healthy and delicious local dish is madaba (pounded and boiled manioc leaves). But madaba takes hours to prepare, so you may not find it in restaurants. If you are fortunate enough to stay or eat with a local family, you might get to try madaba. Vegetarians should be aware that on Grand Comore locals put fish in the madaba, while on Moheli they do not. Women may experience cessation or alteration of their menstrual cycle due to poor nutrition if they stay in the Comoros for several months or longer.

edit Getting Around

By plane

Comores Aviation http://www.comores-aviation.com/cai_home_flash.php
Air Services Comores

A return flight between the islands costs between 75 euros (Air Services Comores) and 85 euros (Comores Aviation). On Grande Comore all flights depart from Hahaya Airport (about 40 minutes drive from Moroni).

By car

By bus

By boat

There is a boat that runs from Chindini, on the southern coast of Grand Comore, to Hoani, on the northern coast of Moheli. These boats are small fiberglass fishing boats with boat and engines in variable condition. They should be taken only on days when the sea is calm, as passengers have been forced to off-load baggage into the sea and rumor has it that some boats have been lost. However, these boats are generally safe to take on calm days. The price is 7,500 KmF as of February 2007 (roughly 15 euros), no more.

There is also a boat that runs from the east coast of Grand Comore to Anjouan. It is a larger, safer ferry boat.