Start at the lodge.
Workflows are shaped with the manager and front desk team at Vilanculos Beach Lodge. The people doing the work help shape the software.
Our story
Built at the desk.Made for Africa.
Hoyo began at a working lodge on the Mozambican coast, shaped by the people who run it.
IllustrativeWhere Hoyo runs
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Vilanculos Beach Lodge
22 roomsBungalows and suites on one calendar
Live since September 2026At the front desk, every day
Why Hoyo exists
The lodge came first.
IllustrativeFor ten years, a lodge on the Mozambican coast ran on Excel, WhatsApp and handwritten folios. As the lodge grew, that patchwork could no longer keep up.
The team began building around the reality at the desk: several currencies, guest paperwork and a connection that can drop. Reservations came first, then the records and routines around each stay.
Vilanculos Beach Lodge, on the Mozambican coast, has run its front desk on Hoyo since September 2026: the reservations calendar, the guest records, the immigration and tourism tax returns and the reports. It was written at the front desk, with the people who work it.
From lodge to software
Built through daily use.
- 2014
The first lodge opens its doors
On the Mozambican coast, ten rooms, one spreadsheet, a lot of WhatsApp. The reality that would become Hoyo's foundation begins.
- 2024
The lodge outgrows its tools
After a decade of growth, Excel and paper folios can no longer keep up with the lodge.
- 2025
Engineering begins
The team starts writing the system the lodge actually needs. Reservations first. Then guests, staff and agencies, module by module.
- 2026
Hoyo runs the lodge
The front desk moves onto Hoyo in September. We open it up to other African lodges who recognise the same problems.
What we believe
The way we build.
Be clear about money.
African lodges juggle several currencies, tourism taxes and agency commissions. Hoyo treats all of it as first-class, and we confirm in writing how payments settle for your property before you take one.
Keep the day printable.
Hoyo needs a connection for a new booking. The printed daily sheet keeps arrivals, departures and rooms to hand while the line is down. Key the day in when it returns.
Make the details readable.
Folios, statements and agency reports should be clear on screen and on paper. Print clarity is part of the product.
A Lumanaire venture
Built in South Africa. Working in Mozambique.
Hoyo is built in South Africa and it runs on the Mozambican coast. Support is on the line in your own time zone.
Software engineers and designers work alongside the people who run the lodge. We set up rooms, rates, staff and reports with you, and train the desk in English or Portuguese. Where training needs someone on site, we say so before you sign.
Where Hoyo runs
Vilankulo
Inhambane, Mozambique
Where Hoyo is built
South Africa
CAT, UTC+2
IllustrativeMeet Hoyo at work.
See the calendar, guest records and reports on a working system in your walkthrough.