Where to go in Malawi's National Parks & Reserves
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The Majete Wildlife Reserve in the Lower Shire Valley of southern Malawi is an intensely monitored, fenced off reserve. A number of important species have been successfully reintroduced and the park is now one of Malawi's best areas for wildlife watching.
The Nyika National Park in the north of Malawi is the country's oldest wildlife reserve. It's more than twice the size of Greater London and stretches over the Nyika Plateau. This highland area is wetter than the surrounding areas - Nyika means ‘where the water comes from' - and distinct from the r…
The Liwonde National Park, to the south of Lake Malawi, is a classic African wildlife safari park. It stretches along the banks of the Shire River, an area of diverse vegetation where swamps and lagoons attract animals from the drier surrounding grassland and where baobab trees stamp vivid silhouet…
The Lake Malawi National Park protects the aquatic life in the southern portion of Lake Malawi, the third largest of Africa's Great Lakes. As a Rift Valley Lake it is exceptionally deep and old - it is estimated to have existed for up to two million years - and the waters of Lake Malawi teem with l…