Don't only worship the Ilha

Hello Leier,
thanks for the useful information about Luanda. For a weekend I can also suggest Kalandula waterfall, its 5 hours far from Luanda by car. The waterfall is really beautiful and worth to see..and also the road from luanda till waterfall just smoothy, not like in Luanda..

Gulnaz

Good suggestions there.

More info on Mussulo: Taxi boats are located at the Slave Museum (South of Benfica opposite the old and mostly disused golf course)and at Kaposoca(? spelling) (Turn off Rua De Samba at Imbondeiro compound just past Sonangol Recreation Complex on opposite side).

Bar Sulo is one destination I recommend you start with. The northern tip of the island is quite popular for a beach picnic. Be prepared if you do settle in  - we have had drunk locals buzz us with quad bikes. Not so much fun when you have a quad bike at full flight only a couple of meters from your picnic spot.. There is also a small sand island not far from the slave museum. Get there early and you will have the place to yourself. Nothing there except ...er sand but is is a good place to relax and swim. The local populace start to arrive there later on in the day and the island can get quite busy with the boaties, kite surfers and the party set.

5hrs to Kalandula falls is on a good day once outside of the city. Plan to stay overnight. There is a Hotel in Kalandula but it is not of a high standard. Rooms are portable huts normally found in mining or construction camps. There are a few places to look at on the way. Great way to see the country side is with one of the tour companies. I've used Eco Turs a couple of times. Paul and Mario are brilliant to work with. Highly recommended.

My favorite place is the airport - to get out of Angola. It gets like that a lot of the time.