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Cluster · Maputo

Fortaleza and Central Station

Late-morning cluster: the fort on the waterfront and the railway station on Praça dos Trabalhadores; flat and open, little shade; 90 minutes.

Key facts

28″ bags
painful
Time budget
90m
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 6.4′
Places
2
1 sleep area in reach
Fortaleza
FortalezaPhoto: Claus Wonnemann, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Fortaleza
FortalezaPhoto: Phyrexian, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fortaleza
FortalezaPhoto: Phyrexian, CC BY-SA 4.0

Walking weather, next 5 days

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Plan

How the ground walks, and what is here

Bound and physics

Praça 25 de Junho (the fort) east to the station forecourt and the port road (approximate bounds; field-verify).

Slope
flat
Stairs
None
Shade
low
Surface
paved plazas, rough kerbs
Sleep here or visit
visit

On the ground

Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby

Rescue anchors

5 places to rest · checked on a 40 m (130 ft) grid

A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.

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Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor (none if you see no red). North is up; not for navigation.

Fortaleza gate (shade under the walls)

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Station forecourt

Place to sit · works in any conditions

Praça 25 de Junho café seating

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

Port road kiosk (drinks, field-verify)

Food & drink · works in any conditions

West of the fort, side street (shade)

Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 6.4 min) · 100% on hot days

Nodes in this cluster

  1. Fortaleza de Maputo

    Go in the morning: an old fort with a courtyard of statues and cannons near the port; 45 minutes; little shade in the courtyard.

  2. Central Railway Station (CFM)

    Look from the forecourt and the concourse for 15 minutes; a landmark building with a dome; no need to go inside beyond the hall.

Edges out

directed
ToHowp50Climb
Baixa (Independence Square)Walk north-east~12 minflat

Sleep within reach

Red lines here

  • The port and rail yards are working areas: do not photograph them.

Deep dive

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.