Most people visit the tiny African
country of Malawi on the way to somewhere else, not knowing
very much about it. It’s a poor, densely populated country
with bad roads and a non-existent infrastructure. It doesn’t
have the great safari options that East and southern Africa
do. But travellers who stop may be pleasantly surprised. Many
stay a lot longer than expected.
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Lake
Malawi |
| Lying at the southern
end of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Lake Malawi occupies
20% of the country’s total area. At 590km long and 85km wide, it’s the
third largest lake in Africa... |
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| Southern
Malawi |
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| The south shore of Lake
Malawi has Malawi’s greatest concentration of lodges
and hotels between Mangochi and Monkey Bay... |
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Northern
Malawi |
| The northern shores
of Lake Malawi are among the country's most beautiful
and least visited. The north is much less populated... |
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| Lilongwe - start/finish |
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| Lilongwe was created in
the late 60s and early 70s. It has been the capital city
of Malawi since 1975, when the capital was moved from
Blantyre... |
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