Month: December 2023

Along Lake Malawi

On the way to Lake Malawi, we stopped at Mangochi to visit the Lake Malawi Museum. Beside of artefacts representing the local culture, there were remains and mostly pictures of all the steam ships which served at Lake Malawi. In front of the museum, we could watch a game of Boa, a traditional and very …

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Liwonde National Park

We had heard good things about Liwonde NP and we were not disappointed. At Liwonde Safari Camp, we had a great place to stay at the border of the park. From 2 platforms, we could watch many animals already from the campsite. At night, we had elephants marching through our camp, getting very close to …

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Reaching Malawi again

After crossing the border at Mwanza, the landscape was dotted with little hills and everything was so very green, it felt like spring in Europe. Here it was just the end of the dry season. The first town we reached was Blantyre, the capital of the south of Malawi. Blantyre was founded in 1876 through …

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Mozambique – a summary

Border:we came from South Africa (Komatipoort) and left to Malawi (Mwanza). Both borders were easy. Visa:The visa was 6,252.- Metical for one month (88 Euros) – not the cheapest country. We had a hotel booking for Maputo, which we needed at the border. We had no print out, but the officer took our laptop and …

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Farming in Mozambique

On the route from Chimoio to Tete we needed a place for the night. Greet, from our last stop at a mango farm, gave us the number of Chris, a farmer in this region. He invited us to stay at his farm and sent us the instructions how to find him. We took a turn …

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The coast of Mozambique

There is nothing more beautiful or more spectacular as the coast of Mozambique. Endless clean beaches with palm trees, sand dunes, crystal clear water and nobody around! Driving north from Maputo we did a couple of stops, and every camp we visited was fantastic. End of November / beginning of December seems to be a …

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