Coração de Eco Terra
The Heart
Our relationship with the land, the environment and the communities that call Macaneta home. Stewardship: protecting, restoring, educating and empowering.
See our work in action →An initiative of Macaneta Beach Eco Resort · Mozambique
The heart of our land. The responsibility we share.
Coração de Eco Terra is the environmental, educational and community initiative at the heart of Macaneta Beach Eco Resort.
Our purpose
Travel with responsibility
Tourism has the power to impact the places we visit. We believe that impact should be positive.
Born from the transition from Macaneta Beach Resort to Macaneta Beach Eco Resort, Coração de Eco Terra represents a commitment to doing tourism differently: a place where travel becomes an opportunity to learn, to connect, to give back and to leave a positive footprint.
We exist to promote sustainable tourism and responsible travel by helping travellers understand and respect the environment, culture and communities of Macaneta. We want every person who visits to leave with a greater appreciation for this extraordinary place, and an understanding that the privilege of travelling comes with a responsibility to protect the places and people that make each destination unique.
Our approach recognises that a healthy environment and a healthy community are inseparable. Protecting the land means caring for the people who live on it. Empowering communities means creating a future in which they can become active stewards of their environment.
Travel should not simply leave memories behind. It should leave something positive behind.
When we take care of the environment and the communities around us, they take care of us.
Our place
Where the ocean meets the river
Macaneta is more than a beach destination. It is a living ecosystem where the Indian Ocean meets the Inkomati River, where mangroves, waterways, forests, beaches and communities exist alongside one another, interconnected and dependent on one another.
To protect Macaneta, we must understand it. To understand it, we must educate. And through education, we can inspire people to become stewards of the place they call home.
Redefining our footprint
From positive footprint to positive impact
We often think of a footprint as something we leave behind. At Coração de Eco Terra, a traveller's footprint can be more than carbon emissions, waste or the consumption of natural resources. It can be:
- A child learning to protect a mangrove
- A beach becoming cleaner
- A tree being planted
- A school receiving the resources it needs
- A community receiving a nourishing meal
- A child discovering mindfulness and their own wellbeing
- A guest learning something that changes how they travel
- A visitor returning home to live more responsibly
- A partnership creating opportunities that wouldn't exist
This is the positive footprint we want tourism to leave behind.
Two sides of one philosophy
Coração de Eco Terra + Coração de Oceano
At Macaneta Beach Eco Resort, two initiatives express the deeper philosophy of our destination.
Coração de Oceano
The Soul
Our relationship with the ocean, water, wellbeing and the restorative power of nature. Connection: reconnecting with ourselves and with the natural world.
Explore yoga & wellness →Earth and Ocean · People and Nature · Stewardship and Wellbeing
Our vision
Sustainable tourism can be a force for positive change.
We want to create a model that can inspire other businesses, communities and destinations to adopt similar approaches, proving that conservation, community development, human wellbeing and tourism can work together.
Macaneta is our starting point. We want to nurture a culture of environmental and social stewardship that grows from Macaneta and reaches across Mozambique.
Our belief
What we stand for
- We believeNature is not something we simply visit. It is something we are part of.
- We believeCommunities should benefit from tourism.
- We believeChildren should grow up understanding and appreciating the environment around them.
- We believeEvery person deserves dignity, care, education and opportunity.
- We believeCaring for the environment must go hand in hand with caring for people.
- We believeTourism can regenerate rather than simply consume.
And we believe that if we take care of the Earth and each other, the Earth will take care of us.
Next: Our passion