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The newly built international airport is based on the outskirts of the town with flights arriving and departing from Maputo, Johannesburg and Nelspruit on a daily basis. The Bazaruto Archipelago, a chain of islands strung out like a pearl necklace, is a protected National Marine Reserve (declared so in 1971) that lies parallel to the historical Mozambican channel. The archipelago consists of five islands; Bazaruto, Benguerra, Margaruque, Banque and Santa Carolina also known as Paradise Island.