MALAWI
WHY CHOOSE MALAWI? Below, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS
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Malawi highlights
- It’s not only a safari destination: it’s also a beach option at the immense Lake Malawi, or a country for great outdoors adventures such as trekking, boating, diving…
- It offers a variety of geographies and climates
- Distances between regions are easy to do by car (and roads are good)
- A perfect destination to combine safaris with beach
- A Big 5 destination: and easy to spot them
- Very low tourism presence
- National Parks have few lodges, so no crowds
- Much more affordable than other safari neighbouring destinations
- An easy combination with Zambia for those who wish to do more safaris or Mozambique for those who want to go to the Indian Ocean
- A great family destination
FOR WHO IS MALAWI?
For those who wish to combine a safari, with great trekking experiences and a beach break
For those who like diving but also wish to see the big 5
Talk about a surprising destination, almost a forgotten place, a country that is not often a top seller destination in Africa. Yet you have it all: the cold mountains with the most beautiful landscapes around, the warm lake Malawi with its clear waters but also the national parks where you can wake up in the middle of the night having your room surrounded by gentle breeding herds of elephants.
Malawi is that combination of a great safari destination with a beach break on a lake that looks like the Maldives. But it’s also a country of contrasting geographies, a low tourism population, and not vastly developed with places to stay, It’s more a country for authentic experiences, car drives in between villages, stops along the way, lots of local interactions and a laid back lifestyle. You can hike in the mountains, go fishing with the villagers, snorkel in warm waters and do a safari for a few days too. Not often does a country offer such a diverse roast of experiences in Africa, with such authenticity,
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In Malawi you can easily travel around by car, whether with a driver or driving yourself. We always book -and recommend- a driver to move our clients from one location to the other. You also can fly in light aircrafts to certain areas, knowing that these will demand luggage weighting up to 15kg.
Safaris can be done on a 4x4, on foot and by boat, in certain national parks.
You can find large amounts of elephants, but also lions, cheetah, hippos, great herds of different antelopes and even the endangered black rhino is back. Not to mention great birding destination. So lots of great action guaranteed.
There are quite different geographies in Malawi and they offer completely different experiences. Depending on what one person wants to do, we suggest more or less time. But we recommend at least 2 different locations, therefore a minimum stay of 7 days: 1 night upon arrival and then 3 days at each place.
Besides going on safaris, there are areas in Malawi where trails are made for great trekking adventures and landscape photography. From mountains and cold weather to the warm shores of Lake Malawi, you have lots of places to explore on foot. If heading to lake Malawi, there are opportunities water activities such as paddling, canoeing, snorkelling and diving. Basically it’s a country with a rich geographical diversity and many different things to do.
From December to April we have the wet season… With most rain coming in January and February. Regardless Malawi is open for visits all year round.