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 Cape Maclear by johanl
It's a great place to do a boattrip. The local guys organise these trips and guide you to the nicest areas.
Snorkeling is great, but again be careful with the bilarzia disease !!!!!
Very close to Cape Maclear is Lake Malawi national park. You have to pay to get in.
While making a boattour, the guys get you in the park through a back entrance and so you can visit the many islands that are around without having to pay the entrance fee, because you dont really visit the park.
Teh local guys organise the tour. Ask around because prices can be very different. The average cost of a boattrip is about 50 US for the party and it takes up to 2 hours.
Make sure you get to see the fisheagles. It is amazing how they catch the fish with their claws.
The boat people usually buy small fishes, throw them in the air and then you can see the eagles coming down from the baobabs and take the fish out of the water. You cant believe your eyes when they pass the little boat you are in, at about 2 meters at a very high speed. Fantastic !!!!!! Leave a Comment Directions: The locals who organise the tours, always hang around at the entrance gate of the Malawi national Park. Make sure to compare prices.
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 Cape Maclear Lake Malawi by johanl
Lots of youngster hang around and try to sell their woodcarvings and other stuff.
I bought a Malawi Bowl game, made of ebony wood. Not expensive and a nice souvenir. Leave a Comment
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 Kayaking at Lake Malawi by Lady-CharismaLeave a Comment Address: Lake MalawiDirections: Southeastern part of Malawi - The largest lake in Malawi
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 Cape Maclear by johanl
They tried to establish a mission, but in the end all got killed by malaria. Leave a Comment Directions: At the entrance of the park, the youngsters will show you the way. You have to go on foot or use a 4x4.
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 Mulanje Massif by sachara
Mount Mulanje is a vast isolated granite massif rising steeply from the plain south east of Blantyre.
The massif covers a area of 650 KM2, the plateau is 2.000 M, incised by several wooded ravines. The 20 peaks are more than 2.500 M. The Saptiwa Peak with 3.002 M is the highest point in Central Africa.
It is often misty in this area the Mulanje's high peaks sometimes rise above the clouds. So the local people call the Mulanje Massif also "Island in the Sky" Leave a Comment Directions: 100 KM east of Blantyre.
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 Liwonde National Park,
elephants by sachara
In the park are only a few lions. Cheetahs and giraffes are absent . Rhino's are reintroduced in the parc, sponsored by J&B whiskey. So the two rhinos have the name Justerini and Brooks
Further there are antelope species like waterbuck, bushbuck, impala, kudu and sable and there is a lot of birdlife. Leave a Comment
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 Lengwe National Park by sachara
We saw some species of antilopes, warthogs and a lot of birds.
To enlarge the chance of seeing game we spend some time at nice viewing hides and walked some parts instead of driving with the car. It din't work, we saw disappointing less animals.
Animals you can see in this park are :
species of antelopes like nyala, impala and bushbuck, warthogs, samango monkeys, baboons.
And if you have a lot of luck:
buffalo, greater kudu, hyena and leopard. Leave a Comment Directions: 75 south of Blantyre.
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 Lake Malawi by sachara
From Monkey Bay, the boatferries- and bus- terminal, you can easily reach Cape Maclear penisula.
Cape Maclear is a very popular spot with travellers, been described as backpackers Mecca and the African answer to Katmandhu and Marrakech.
We stayed in lovely roundavels at the beach with sun, sand, water and breathtaking sunsets in front, like paradise. What more could we wish? Leave a Comment Directions: Southern end of Lake Malawi, east of Lilongwe.
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 Lilongwe, old town, vivid
market by sachara
Llilongwe has two centres, 3 KM apart, the Old Town and the New City, called City Centre. The old town has soul, in the new town not much happens.
Most visitors arrive in the old town, so we did. The heart of the old town is the market.
The old town with its vivid market is a pleasant place to stroll around. There are some bars and cheap hotels. In the Asian quarter are small shops selling clothes, household utensils and stuff like that. Leave a Comment
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 hippos in Shire River by sachara
Also there are a lot of crocodiles in the Shire River and some are very large.
We didn't see any crocodile during our boatride or our stay, the only thing we saw, was a young hippo wounded by the attack of a crocodile.
And we didn't see an hippo at every 20M either, but we saw them anyway.
So we saw a group during the boatride, rather far away and we watched some from the Hippo Bar at our lodge. And we heard them very loudly from our hotelroom during the night. Leave a Comment
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