My name is Sam and, I recently arrived back home in the UK after working at the hospital in Blantyre. Having stayed there for almost 2 months, I would like to recommend a taxi service which I found to be particularly useful. The driver’s name is Lawrence (he has one (maybe two) drivers working for him) [...]
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Recent political unrest and lack of foreign reserves have resulted in major fuel shortages throughout Malawi. If you’ll be self-driving there, a useful source of up-to-date info on fuel availability is the facebook group: fuelwatch
Ulendo Airlink is a new venture from one of Malawi’s best, and most dynamic, tourism companies. Serving the key tourist destinations of Likoma Island, the southern Lakeshore and Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, as well as Lilongwe and Blantyre, this is an enterprise that will make getting around Malawi even easier. More information on all [...]
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 [...]
I recall the previous edition raving about how honest Malawians are, and how overcharging was almost unknown. Unfortunately this was not my experience: I found overcharging on public transport to be far more common in Malawi than in supposedly more touristy countries such as Tanzania, Kenya or Uganda! LW
We planned to use the ferry to go south to Monkey Bay, and take advantage of the stops to visit Nkhata Bay and other places. It turned out to be a big mistake: due to the delay – 20 hours- we arrived in Nkhata Bay at night and we left quickly. The cabin we hired [...]
Nancy Chuang’s updates
Posted: October 25, 2008 in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Liwonde National Park, Mulanje, Mzuzu, Transport, UncategorizedIt seemed to me that all hotels are B&B. While it’s certainly worth checking first, I never stayed in one that wasn’t, and the breakfast was never mentioned…they just assumed you knew. There’s a range of qualities–the 10,500K Mzuzu Lodge had 2 eggs as you like (including spanish omelets), sausage, a big chunk of baked tomato, potatoes, toast on request [...]
