This time, we managed to visit Livingstonia, the old missionary high above Lake Malawi. There is an infamous route leading steep up from the lake, a not maintained gravel route with many hairpins which we left to the ones, who wish to challenge their cars. We took the new and perfect tar road, which starts …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Border: We entered Malawi from Tanzania and left at Mchinji border to Zambia. We got a 3 month Visa for USD 50,-, which we had done online. We had contacted a lodge, which had sent as a booking confirmation for that purpose. We had problems with paying the visa online, but with the help of …
After a year travelling in Africa, we have to sum up very positive. 35 thousand kilometres on harsh roads, we did not face any accident or major technical problem, not even one puncture. But we saw a lot of accidents, critical situations on the roads and experienced a lot of unusual moments! Have a look …
Close to the border to Zambia lies the Kasungu NP, the second largest park in Malawi. We had heard, that poaching is a big problem here and that wildlife is scarce, but we decided to visit this park anyway. The road into the park until the lodge and administrative centre was good, further on, they …
From Mzuzu leads a good road south, which changed, when we took a turn-off to Embangweni, where a gravel road led through the bush. The last bit was really bad, a kind of shortcut our navigation had found appropriate. At the beginning it looked fine, but then it got worse and worse, with finally a …
Via IOverlander, we had found a bakery, which makes German style bread and much more. We had contacted Christian and ordered bread, croissants and bretzel, which we picked up at the Padre Pio Mission in Lusangazi, south of Mzuzu. It was a pleasure to talk to Christian, an German who had many fascinating jobs in …
We reached Malawi from the North, driving south along Lake Malawi, the most southern lake of the Rift Valley. It is also the third largest and second deepest lake in Africa. Lake Malawi is home to more species of fish than any other lake in the world, including at least 700 species of cichlids. We stopped at different campsites …
