Richard Kerr writes: I wanted to make your readers aware of a new venture I have started in Malawi. A few years ago I bought a little piece of land near Chintheche from a friend. I decided that rather than building another lodge on the lake shore (of which there are many beautiful ones already) … Continue reading Kizi Beach Camp, Chintheche
My name is Humphrey McNally, an American from Seattle, WA. I recently opened a new business in Malawi. It is called Kachere Cafe, Bar & Restaurant and it is located in Nkhata Bay at the Chintheche turn-off. It has indoor and terrace seating as well as thatched summer houses in the garden. It is open all day every day … Continue reading Kachere Cafe, Bar & Restaurant in Nkhata Bay
You don’t need reminding what an awful time we’re all facing. Life is on lock-down and each day brings more bad news. For the moment, as we’re stuck at home trying to get to grips with ‘social distancing’, the world feels a smaller place. But the world is still out there, as big as it’s … Continue reading A message from Bradt Guides – and 50% discount on all Bradt titles
Travellers to Malawi have little to fear specifically in terms of COVID-19 as to the best of out knowledge not a single case of the virus has been reported there at the time of writing. However, in order to prevent the importation of the virus, the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) has announced the … Continue reading COVID-19 self-quarantine in Malawi
The 8th edition of Bradt Malawi was published in July 2019 and is now available to ship from the Bradt website. At 352 pages, it is by far the most detailed guidebook to Malawi in print, and it was completely updated for the 7th edition by Helena Smith. Read more or order a print copy … Continue reading Bradt Malawi 8th edition published
Max & Tamara write: We did a 4-week backpacking trip to southern Malawi and northern Mozambique. We had both your guides for these countries with us and would like to share some remarks and comments with you. This was our route : Lilongwe - Monkey Bay - Ilha Mozambique (route via Chiponde - Cuamba - … Continue reading Malawi and Mozambique trip report (Aug 2018)
Bas and Saskia write: We just returned from a one-month trip to Malawi and Mozambique. We gratefully used your Bradt travel guides, both of which were very practical. We would like to give you some updates, these were very useful for us in planning our trip, and hopefully others will benefit from ours as well. … Continue reading 2019 Malawi/Mozambique trip report
Alan Fay, proprietor of Lake View Ridge Resort , writes: Lake View Ridge Resort is a tranquil oasis in northern Malawi set in 38 hectares of indigenous woodland with stunning vistas over the local hills down to and over lake Malawi. The seven rooms and two chalets are all ensuite with hot water, and together … Continue reading Lake View Ridge Resort, Mzuzu
Mirza writes: We just came back from Malawi. It was not possible to organize a hike on the Mulanje massif in advance, since we have not received any answers to our e-mails. A very good guide (Osman) from the community campsite in Majete Wildlife Reserve recommended a guide called Feston to us (his phone number: … Continue reading Mulanje Hike and Liwonde lodge
Fam. Picqueur-Van Puymbroeck writes We were in Malawi for three weeks last month and had a fantastic time there thanks to the great help of the Bradt guide. There are just two things I would like to update you on : 1) In Rumphi ; the Matunkha Eco-Tourism Lodge is no longer operational. We were … Continue reading Rumphi and Nkhotakota updates
