Ruins of Chonguene Hotel, Xai Xai, Mozambique, southern Africa

Описание: Ruins of Chonguene Hotel, located in Xai Xai, Mozambique.

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This Hotel was probably abandoned before or during the Mozambique Civil War (1977-1992).

Location:
GPS: -25.097966, 33.787237

Old building is located between ocean and sand dunes. There is an empty Olympic sized swimming pool with the old diving platform still in place.

The hotel was built during the time when the Portuguese ruled in Mozambique and a person named D’Oliveira was its owner. It was abandoned when the independence war ended in 1975 after infamous 20/24 decree in which the Portuguese were forced to leave Mozambique with 20 kg of luggage within 24 hours.

Up till now Mozambican people refuse to live in houses occupied by Portuguese before, and therefore this hotel hasn’t been occupied by squatters. There have been some rumours about a South African company wanting to invest and restore this building but so far nothing has happened.

It was a luxury resort with an Olympic size pool, servant’s quarters, lounges and dining rooms, ball rooms and huge patios. Each room had an en-suite bathroom. The carport shows signs that it had a workshop for repairs to cars and then there is of course the view to the beach. The hotel has 110 units and sits on 12000 ha of land with 5 km of private beach. It is said that it was surrounded 23000 ha game reserve when Mr. D’Oliveira owned the place in the 1960’s. Previous guests to the hotel still talks about the fish prepared for them and delivered on silver platters. The attention to detail in the magnificent place was astonishing.

History of this place is not so fortunate. It is said that after this decree mentioned above some of the Portuguese civilians failed to leave the country before the deadline that had been set by the government. They hid in the vast property of the Chongoene Hotel. They were tracked by soldiers and finally executed. We don’t know how many people were there and how long they were held hostage there. Now, it is believed they are sometimes wandering along empty corridors. If you are in this area it is worth to visit this abandoned and maybe even haunted place.

There is a book written by PJH Petter-Bowyer mentioning a meeting held at Chongoene Hotel in 1973. The book is called “Winds of Destruction” - the autobiography of a Rhodesian-born pilot covering the Rhodesian bush war of 1967-1982.

“On 22 June 1979 Maputo sent this message to Xai Xai:- “Do all the preparations in Chongoene Hotel in order to receive the participants to the conference of the five Patriotic Front and representatives of ZANU foreseen for next July”.

The meeting a Chongoene Hotel was likely to commence on Saturday 30 June or 1 July but because ZANU and ZAPU seldom saw eye to eye, there was always the possibility that one part would walk out on the other.

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