BY Admin CHOBE NATIONAL PARK Aptly and fondly known as ‘The Land of The Giants’, Chobe National Park in the north of beautiful Botswana is home to Africa’s largest elephant population and comprises more than 10,000km2 of rich ecosystems, diverse landscapes and an almost unparalleled abundance of wildlife and birdlife all centred around the stunning […]
BY Admin BOTSWANA Botswana is well known for having some of the best wilderness and wildlife areas on the African continent. With a full 38 percent of its total land area devoted to national parks, reserves and wildlife management areas – for the most part unfenced, allowing animals to roam wild and free – travel […]
BY Admin LIKOMA ISLAND Off the eastern shore of the Lake is Likoma Island, a small piece of Malawian territory in Mozambican waters. The University Mission to Central Africa (David Livingstone’s mission) set up their headquarters on Likoma in the 1880s in part to try to fight the slave trade that used routes across Lake Malawi. […]
BY Admin NYIKA NATIONAL PARK Nyika is Malawi’s largest park, with an area of no less than 1250 sq miles (3200 sq km) extending across the great Nyika plateau, which is a granitic dome of rolling ‘whaleback’ hills cut by streams and interspersed with pockets of sheltered evergreen forest. Reaching altitudes of over 8000 ft […]
BY Admin LENGWE NATIONAL PARK Lengwe National Park is 350 sq miles (900 sq km) in area and lies to the south of Majete Wildlife Reserve and 50 miles (80km) from Blantyre, in Malawi’s Lower Shire Valley. The vegetation is thicket, with some deciduous woodland and more dense tree growth along the stream courses. The eastern area is quite […]
BY Admin MWABVI WILDLIFE RESERVE Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve is located at the southernmost tip of Malawi in the Lower Shire Valley. At 135 km2 it is the smallest of Malawi’s reserves, and also the least accessible. Nevertheless it boasts a variety of habitats and, because of its remoteness, a wilderness atmosphere that is redolent of the old […]
BY Admin KASUNGU NATIONAL PARK In the west of Central Malawi, and bordering Zambia, is Kasungu National Park, an 800 sq mile (2100 sq km) area of natural woodland and bush with occasional stretches of more open grass. At one time, Kasungu was Malawi’s main game park, closest to Lilongwe and favoured by the country’s […]
BY Admin MONKEY BAY On the southern shore of Lake Malawi is the evocatively named Monkey Bay, but visitors are just as likely to see signs of industry as they are monkeys. It is a small town with a population little over 15,000, with its main purpose being as a construction and repair centre for the […]
BY Admin MAJETE WILDLIFE RESERVE Majete Wildlife Reserve is a unique conservation and tourist destination for all visitors. The amazing success story of recovery and restoration and the continued protection of endangered species have led Majete to become one of the most popular reserves in Malawi for wildlife and safaris. Majete lies in the Lower Shire […]
BY Admin LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK Although only 220 sq miles (580 sq km), Liwonde is perhaps the most popular of all of Malawi’s game parks, with its beautiful riverine setting and teeming wildlife offering thrilling safaris. It is about 100 miles (160 km) north of Blantyre and only rather more than half that distance from the hotels […]
