We camped at the newly started Liwonde Safari Camp run by Pieter and his Dutch partner – very good food, hot bucket showers, great bar and plenty of game in the park. Highly recommended. When leaving Lilongwe, we found it hard to find the M14 to Salima – its marked as a big road on [...]
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Another Malawi trip report
Posted: October 1, 2011 in border crossings, Chintheche, Lilongwe, Liwonde National Park, Mzuzu0
Malawi self-drive trip report
Posted: October 1, 2011 in Blantyre, border crossings, Karonga, Lilongwe, Liwonde National Park, Mzuzu, Nyika National Park, police roadblocks, Rumphi, Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve, ZombaGeneral Comments We loved Malawi. It was very ‘easy’ Africa. By this we mean that there was relatively little hassle and the people were friendly. The roads up to the Nyika Plateau and Vwaza Marsh are not great, but are passable with a 4×4. Incidentally, we did get stopped a lot by the police, but [...]
Mohamed Coach from Lilongwe to Dar Es Salaam
Posted: July 26, 2011 in border crossings, Lilongwe, TransportAnd never take the Mohamed Couch Bus Company from Lilongwe to Dar Es Salaam… the bus is old, and the drivers without any responsibility, they make no toilet-stops but they stop more than 20 hour on the border without telling anything (I discover that this is usual – because of business people trying to cross [...]
The best and safest way to cross from Malawi to Tete is to take a bus from Blantyre to Harare (maybe “Flying Horses” from the Central Bus Station) – you have to pay for the whole trip, but it will be a comfortable one, and the bus stops in Tete, where you can disembark! Ideally, get your Mozambican [...]
