Malawi

From the Southeast African country we convey cultural backgrounds as well as practical travel tips in lively reports.

Morning atmosphere at Satemwa Estate, Thyolo. Tea pickers with their pots for collecting tea leaves at work / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tea cultivation in Malawi

Satemwa Estate is the last family-run tea farm in Malawi. A place for top teas, sustainability principles and Equal Payment
Collection of confiscated guns at Majete Wildlife Reserve. The park management of African Parks has assembled them into a memorial against poaching / © Photo: Georg Berg

African Parks in Malawi

In the Majete Wildlife Reserve, it stands like a memorial, the collage of countless rifles and guns that rangers have confiscated from poachers over the years
In Liwonde National Park you can get very close to the animals. Here a young bull elephant a few meters away from the safari vehicle of Kutchire Lodge / © Photo: Georg Berg

Safari Liwonde National Park

Liwonde Park is a Malawian success story and today the park with the most predator sightings in Malawi
The watering hole at Thawale Lodge in Majete Wildllife Reserve is visited by a herd of elephants with young / © Photo: Georg Berg

Thawale Lodge in Majete

The lodge is located in the middle of the Majete Wildlife Reserve. Starting point for game drives, bird watching and Cheetah tracking
Using an antenna, a Volunteer Monitoring Manager at Majete Wildlife Reserve takes bearings on the lioness who is to receive a new radio collar / © Photo: Georg Berg

Nature conservation as a model for success

In August 2023, African Parks celebrates 20 years of conservation in Malawi. On the road with a monitoring team in Majete Park
Nature experience Kutchire Lodge in Liwonde National Park. Evening atmosphere at a chalet on the Likwenu River. Crocodiles and hippos are especially active here at night / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bush Experience Kutchire Lodge

Eco-lodge perfectly located in Liwonde National Park and on the Shire River, offers game drives, boat safaris and village walks
Pool and garden Kumbali Country Lodge near Lilongwe / © Photo: Georg Berg

Special hotels in Lilongwe

Malawi in Southeast Africa is still considered an insider tip for Africa travelers. Already in the capital Lilongwe there are special accommodations
Bananas do not grow on trees, but on perennials. Only once in its short life does a banana plant bear fruit and then die / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bananas from Malawi

Malawi wants to become banana self-sufficient again. This is to be done sustainably. A visit to Nature’s Gift Farm near Lilongwe
Fishermen on Lake Malawi. The inland lake is the third largest lake in Africa and has the world's largest biodiversity of freshwater fish / © Photo: Georg Berg

Sparkling Lake Malawi

It is a lake of superlatives. It is one of the largest, most diverse and most beautiful bodies of water on earth. But Lake Malawi is also threatened
Terrace overlooking Lake Malawi, guest villa of Pumulani Lodge, Robin Pope Safaris, on the shore of Lake Malawi, Cape Maclear, in Lake Malawi National Park / © Photo: Georg Berg

Vacation at Lake Malawi

The lake is as big as an ocean. On its shores there are beautiful accommodations embedded in nature. Two examples from the Lake of Stars
White corn is harvested by hand. The corn is milled into cornmeal, which is used to prepare the national dish nzima / © Photo: Georg Berg

Malawi’s main dish: Nsima

Nsima is prepared from maize flour in Malawi. This national dish is a staple food and an emotional link within the family.
Baobab at sunset / © Photo: Georg Berg

Baobab – Tree of Life

It stands out, its trunk is mighty and unusually wide, like a single giant elephant leg. Its trunk serves as a water reservoir for the elephants in the dry season, its fruits are vitamin bombs and with its seeds the Malawis play their popular boabab game
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