Nkhata Bay Travel Guide

a beautiful place with rooftop restaurant overlooking town. great food, milkshakes, fresh fruitjuices and cakes for very fair prices. the staff is very friendly and offers a very good service. organic vegetables from the restaurant garden. they also bake fresh bread.
there are pizzas, thaifood, salads, soups, snacks and daily specials available, also try the amazing cocktails like mojito, caipirinhna or bloody mary.

Favorite Dish: my favorite ist the beef "thai style" with basmati rice. it´s great, spicy and fresh. or try the salad with dates, filled with home made creamcheese wrapped in crispy bacon!!!

When I came to Nkhata Bay the first time in 1992 on a saturday, the whole village seemed to be drunk and everybody was partying in the streets. Nowadays there are some bars left to drink but since there was a massive security problem they are not to crowed.

The robberies of tourists stopped. Some of the robbers died during the last years or were imprisoned again. Anyway - be careful at night and ask about the current situation at the place where you are staying. If you you are scared to go out at night, asked at your lodge if there is anybody available to escort you.

Favorite thing: Nkhatabay is the most beautiful fish town. It is always thronged by all kinds of visitors. This town never sleeps, and it is party all night long. The people of Nkhatabay are very friendly. Once you're in Nkhatabay you can hire a boat or canoe to take you to Mpapa Beach of Chief Mundola. Another Malawian who lives in the USA is building a lounge. Mpapa beach is very friendly. This place is where you can do a lot of things with the locals. I mean you will dance "Malipenga(Tonga tribe traditional dance), fish with the locals, play soccer on the beach, and swim. It is a sprawlling sandy beach with shallow crystal clear water. All visitors are welcome and never dream about the thieves because they don't exist at Mpapa beach. I mean things at Mpapa beach are different. Please, don't be afraid to ask the locals to dance for you at a fee that help them to feed their family. Mpapa beach has the most friendly people you have never seen. I mean guys there can crack jokes, and you will laugh to tears. All day long fishermen come with their nets to catch fish, "usipa(small saradines)" and sell. The beauty of it is that you can see how the locals catch fish with their low tech method, and you will think of "Survivor(American show)".

Fondest memory: I visited Nkhatabay in August. When I was at the Nkhatabay beach I heard some people taking a boat to Mpapa Beach. I ask them what is so special about Mpapa Beach. The gentleman looked at me and said, "I used to come to Nkhatabay to look for fun but Mpapa Beach is giving me all the fun that I wanted. Come my friend you will see." That day around 1:00 I and my friends hired a boat and went to see what was happening at Mpapa Beach. The lounge is very big, but it is still under construction. Under the tree just on the beach there were about 15 people from UK playing soccer others drinking Carlsberg, and dancing with the locals. The beach is so beautiful. White sand sprawlling along the beach. I mean we joined the party. To cut the story short we ended sleeping there around 4:00 in the morning.