Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked nation that was formerly known as Nyasaland until it became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one party rule under President Hastings Banda, Malawi held it’s first multiparty elections in 1994.

Bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west, Malawi has a landmass of 118,000 sq. kms (the size of Pennsylvania) and an estimated population of 15 million. The country lies within the Great Rift Valley and is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. The Lake, which makes up over three quarters of Malawi's eastern boundary, is the third largest Lake in Africa and the southern most lake in the Great Rift Valley. Over six hundred kms long, the lake holds more than five hundred species of fish, including an enormous diversity Cichlids species.

However, Malawi offers much more than just the lake, such as the Liwonde National Park and the Nyika plateau. Malawi is not a classic big game country, yet for those in search of a less discovered and a more off-the-beaten track destination the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ never fails to please.