Main tourist attractions
Visit the highest point in Angola the “Morro do Moco” (Moco
Hill), south of Luimbale, with 2,619 m high.
Other important places to visit are the fishery, in the Centro de Estudos
de Sacaala (Study centre) and a centre of floral studies belonging to
the Angolan Agronomical Institute, which is well worth a visit, as is
the belvedere “Senhora do Monte”.
Cultural
Tourism
Museums - There is the Anthro-pological Museum and the Municipal Museum
with ethno-graphical sections. The visitor can find’ historical
records, pictures, sculptures and photographs. In the gardens there are
nine statues in the city’s gardens, giving an insight into the province’s
cultural wealth.
20 km from Huambo, are the Embala Grande (Great Embala) Ruins, with their walls and underground constructions which centuries ago sheltered the “soba” (king) Camdumbo. This breathtaking view, with caves formed by small streams, disappears underground and surfaces again further on.