Lake Malawi National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
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Blue Zebra Island Lodge, Nankoma Island
Photographer credit: Athira Mohan
Boat Cruise
Photographer credit: Gemma Thomas
Cocktails at sunset
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Infinity Pool & Star Deck
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Kayaking
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African Pitta
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Nature Trails - The Ancient Fig Tree
Photographer credit: Jonathan Raemal
Duiker
Photographer credit: Gabriella Costantini
Sisters enjoying the lake view
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Fisheagle Executive Family Chalet
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Hammock Sunset
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Swimming pool
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Pool view
Swimming pool and pool bar
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Poolside cocktails
Tequila Sunrise, Blue Zebra Sunset & The Malachite
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Family fun
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Kayaking
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Nature Trail
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Nature Trail
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Malachite Kingfisher
Photographer credit: Dimitri Giannakis
Fisheagle
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Sunset cocktails
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Sunset
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Baobab Skyline
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Executive Family Chalet (Fisheagle)
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Cormorant Executive Chalet
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Cormorant Executive Chalet
Photographer credit: David DiGregorio
Superior Family Cottage
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Superior Family Cottage - Lounge
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Cormorant Executive Chalet
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Dining area
Dining under the stars
Kayaking
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Private lunch
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Sunset Cocktails
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Welcome to the island spa!
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Island view
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Boat transfer
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Cichlids
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Nankoma Island after rainy season
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The perfect getaway for nature lovers looking for a combination of adventure and relaxation in a tranquil, private setting. Exclusively situated on Nankoma Island, a wild paradise in Lake Malawi National Park (UNESCO World Heritage site). Unobtrusive and eco-friendly, operating on solar power.
Offering a unique and sustainable travel experience, Blue Zebra is a conservation driven lodge working with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife in Malawi to protect three islands making up the Marelli group: Nankoma, Maleri, and Nakantenga. These uninhabited islands are home to a vast array of fresh water fish, including some of the most rare and colourful in the world. They support diverse flora and fauna and are a bird watcher's paradise.
Accommodation: a unique set-up with 9 en-suite safari-style tented chalets, 1 forest-set Pitta Cottage, and 1 Superior Family Cottage overlooking Lake Malawi. Secluded executive chalets boast stunning views from private balconies. The chalets are set in an unspoiled environment, immersed in nature.
Facilities: spa, infinity pool, cocktail bar, restaurant, games room, meetings room, curio shop.
Activities: nature trails, birding, kayaking, snorkeling, water-sports, sunset cruise.
Just a 2 hour drive from Lilongwe, this is a great combination with Zambian Safaris as well as various wildlife parks in Malawi.
The most luxurious and spacious of the island room types. A large, open planned cottage (house) with a lounge and dining area and two en-suite bedrooms (one queen, one double). 2 single beds can be added to the main room.
The master bedroom has ample cupboard space with a built in dressing table and an open bathroom with a shower and bathtub. The second bedroom is a smaller en-suite double room opening onto the lake-facing balcony.
Minimum 2 adults required (or supplement to the equivalent).
Capacity: 4 adults, 2 children. This unit can be set up in different ways: suitable for a couple; 2 adults sharing separate rooms; 3 - 4 adults sharing (with discounted sharing specials); a family with 2 adults and up to 4 children; multi-generational families.
2 Executive Family Chalets: Malachite and Fisheagle. Spacious en-suite safari-style tented chalets each with 2 bedrooms, a lounge and bathroom. Private lake-facing balconies.
Typically for families of up to 5 (2 adults & up to 3 children) or up to 4 adults.
Main room: 1 queen bed / Twin room: 2 single beds / U12's sofa bed in the lounge
FISHEAGLE: located around the side of the island with a long downward stairway entrance, in a natural and very private setting.
MALACHITE: located just behind reception at the lodge entrance. Private but closer to lodge facilities.
Executive Chalet: Cormorant. En-suite safari-style tented chalet, exclusively located around the side of the island with private lake-facing balconies.
1 queen bed & 2 sofa beds for U12's.
Named after the African Pitta.
En-suite, spacious thatched cottage, nestled in nature. Located above the central Lake Safari Tents, with stairway access. One spacious ensuite bedroom, a lounge with a sofa bed, and a large side-patio with a table seating area, patio furniture & hammock. *Photographs will be updated soon as this is the newest room.
Lake Safari Tents: Bulbul, Darter, Heron, Hornbill & Nightjar
En-suite safari-style tents, smaller than executives but quaint and comfortable. 3 doubles, 1 twin, 1 single. Some have sofa beds for U12s.
DARTER: 1 queen bed & 2 sofa beds
Centrally located, nearest the restaurant, no stairs, largest balcony.
HERON: 1 queen bed & 1 sofa bed
Centrally located, small stairway entrance.
HORNBILL: 2 single beds & 1 sofa bed
Centrally located in-between Darter & Heron, small stairway entrance.
BULBUL: 1 queen bed & 1 sofa bed
The furthest chalet from the communal area overlooking the lake. At the entrance to nature trails.
NIGHTJAR: 1 single bed
Centrally located, small stairway entrance. This is the smallest of our accommodation options, with one single bed only.
