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Comoros consists of three volcanic islands: Grand Comore [ Njazidja ], Anjouan [ Nzwani ], and Moheli [ Mwali].

Nearby island of Mayotte is claimed by Comoros but declined independence from France.

Municipalities : Domoni, Fomboni, Mutsamudu

Located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique.

National Capital City of the Comoros: Moroni


hotels, travel agency, travel guides, transportation / traveling to the comoros

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Hotels Comoros

 Hotel le Moroni

Travel Agents / Tour Operators / Comoros specialists



 Matembezi - Travel & Tourism Agency [ Moroni ]
Voyage et tourisme dans l'archipel des Comores
 Tourism Services Comores

Travel Guides Comoros / Related Books

 Madagascar and Comoros - Lonely Planet - Gemma Pitcher, Patricia Wright
Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island, and Comoros boasts unique blue pigeons and rare black parrots. Paul Greenway provides travellers with all the information they'll need when visiting this destination.
Hardcover 272 pages (August 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1741041007
 Last of the Pirates: Search for Bob Denard - Samantha Weinberg
The setting is the Comoro Islands, a speck in the Indian Ocean, three volcanic islands known for their beauty and for their "ylangylang", an exotic flower whose extract is widely used in French perfumes. For many years the Comoros were also the home of Bob Denard, a French mercenary who arrived there by way of the Congo, Katanga, the Yemen, Benin, Gabon, Angola and Biafra. Once in the Comoros he overthrew two presidents in three years. In 1989 he too was overthrown and disappeared. Samantha Weinberg goes in search of Bob Denard. She traces him across the Comoros, investigates his past and his role in the murder of Abdallah, the last president, before she finally tracks him down in South Africa for a series of interviews about his past. This is a classic quest but it is also a story of cruelty, venality, beauty, suffering - and murder.
Hardcover 256 pages (February 3, 1994); Publisher: Jonathan Cape; ISBN: 0224033077
 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, the Mascarenes, the Seychelles and the Comoros Islands 
Friedrich-Wilhelm Henkel, Wolfgang Schmidt, John Hackworth (Translator)
With their unique flora and fauna, Madagascar and the surrounding islands of the Indian Ocean are some of the most interesting vacation destinations for nature lovers, herpetologists and amateur reptile and amphibian keepers. This work describes the climate and vegetation of the area, as well as many of the resident reptiles and amphibians, and contains information on the husbandry of most species. There are 240 descriptions with colour photos of each to aid in identification of these animals.
Hardcover 324 pages (August 2000); Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company; Language: English; ISBN: 1575240149

Transport / How do I travel to Comoros Islands

 Moroni Airport - Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport at Hahaya, north of Moroni, Ngazidja - see Hahaya Airport

 Air Madagascar [ Mayotte ], Air Austral [ Moroni ], Yemenia, Sudan Airways [ Paris / Moroni, via Khartoum ]

Indian Ocean Pass - created jointly by Air Seychelles, Air Mauritius and Air Austral. The participating airlines have merged their regional networks to enable you to create your own circuit to discover the gems of the Indian Ocean.

Comores Air Services and Comores Aviation provide a number of daily flights between the islands of the Republic. Flights between islands take approximately 30 minutes.

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

A number of small ships, motorized and sailing, carry passengers between the islands. Depending upon weather conditions, trips between islands may take as little as four hours via the newest and largest of the motorized vessels.

 Cartes / Maps of the Comores - ABM
 Map of the Comoros [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links 

 Travel Insurance

 Official Website of the Presidence of the Comoros Union

 Moroni - Capital City of the Union of Comoros

 Grand Comore - Njazidja
 Anjouan - Nzwani
 Moheli - Mwali

 Domoni
 Fomboni
 Moroni - capital city
 Mutsamudu

 Mayotte Comité du tourisme
 Comoro Islands
Beaches served as landing areas for traditional sailing vessels and martime trade is mentioned in ancient documents. Domoni, located on the eastern shore of the island of Nzwani(Anjouan), for example, with several beaches nearby was a major trading center in the fifteenth century. Ships traveled to Africa and Asia and we know from archaeological evidence that trade existed between the community and places as far away as Japan. Since the end of the fifteenth century, many European and American sailors visited the islands. These included whalers, merchants, and pirates, such as the infamous Captain Kidd. Sailors especially liked the island of Nzwani and it served as an important refueling and provisioning stop. But after the opening of the Suez Canal, the Comoros ceased to be on the main route of trade...
Coelacanth | Livingstone's Flying Fox | Shirazi | Volcano | Coral Reefs | Islam | Western Indian Ocean | Ancient Maritime Trade | Ylang-ylang

 IMA - Pays du monde arabe - Comores
Panorama, Géographie, Economie, Education et plus
 Mayotte et les Comores
 Mayotte Tourisme  - site du Comité du Tourisme de Mayotte
situated at the northern end of the Mozambique Canal, this is the only one of the Islands of the Moon that has chosen to be French, yet it still maintains its living African roots, and its exceptional environment, in the middle of one of the largest lagoons in the world. Practical Info, getting there, accommodation and more...
 SNPT - Comores Telecom - Société Nationale des Postes & Telecommunications Comores

Cuisine - Comoros Foods / Recipes

  The Best of African Cooking  
By Manjase Banda (Author), Esanjam (Producer)
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132

 African Recipes

History of the Comoros

Independence: 6 July 1975 (from France)

Over the centuries, the islands of Comoros were invaded by a succession of diverse groups from the coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Madagascar. Portuguese explorers visited the archipelago in 1505, and Arab migrants introduced Islam at about the same time. Between 1841 and 1912, France established colonial rule.

 Comoros's History - Wikipedia
Early inhabitants, Colonialism in Comoros, Coups d'état in Comoros, Secession of Anjouan and Mohéli

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

The Comoros are at a unique cultural and musical crossroads. Involved in the western Indian Ocean trade for over a thousand years, the islands have absorbed cultural and musical influences from East Africa, the Middle East, Madagascar, and southern India. As a result there is a remarkably wide range of musical styles in the Comoros: solo and choral, through composed and stanzaic, improvised and rehearsed, accompanied and acapella.
Traditional instruments include gongs, drums, tambourines, rattles, oboes, zithers, and five-stringed lutes.

 Musiques traditionnelles de l'ile d'Anjouan, a CD from INEDIT, Paris

Web Portal / Comores Search Engine / Directory

 Agenda des Comores - Le premier portail de l'Union des Comores

 Anjouan.net - The Net from Anjouan
 Comores Online / MweziNet - Le site Internet des Iles Comores
 Malango Comores - le portail des Iles de la Lune


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