Malawi - 8-day Safari & Beach - Tailored Driven

After arrival at the airport, you will be met and transferred to Majete Wildlife Reserve. You will check in at Thawale Lodge, where you will spend the next 2 nights. In the afternoon, you will go out on your first shared game drive.

Transfer time: ~2 hours

Today you will have a shared morning and afternoon game drive. Between activities, you can relax and read a book, take a nap or go and look out over the lodges' waterhole and watch out for animals that may come to drink.

Enjoy breakfast and then make your way further north to Liwonde National Park, where you will be transferred to Mvuu Camp. Mvuu Camp overlooks a broad stretch of the Shire River. The camp is a mix of stone and canvas chalets and specially designed family tents. An impressive thatched dining and lounge area is situated between two enormous baobabs, and dinners are sometimes held under the stars in a specially constructed boma. After settling in, enjoy your first shared afternoon game drive.

Driving time: ~5 hours

Today you will go out on a shared morning and afternoon game drive. Wildlife includes quite large numbers of elephants, and the river attracts countless hippos and crocodiles. Antelope include kudu, sable and bushbuck. There are leopards and hyenas, and the occasional visiting lion. Black rhino has been re-introduced. Birdlife is exceptionally varied. The river attracts fish eagles, and weaver birds build their nests in the thin woodland. Pel’s fishing owl is often seen at dusk along the river’s edge. 

Enjoy a last shared morning game drive and breakfast in Liwonde before you head on to Lake Malawi. You will stay at Chembe Eagles Nest for the next 3 nights.

Cape Maclear is located on the Nankumba Peninsula, at the southern end of Lake Malawi. Surrounded by forested mountains, it’s known for the sandy beaches and granite rocks of Lake Malawi National Park.

Driving time: ~5 hours

At Chembe Eagles Nest, you can simply relax and sunbathe or choose to be active and go boating, fishing, swimming in the pool or the lake, or walking on the beach (motorised activities are at additional charges). Enjoy sitting around the campfire in the evening while listening to the local music.

Have a last breakfast with a view of Lake Malawi before you are transferred back to Lilongwe to the airport

We will be happy to arrange any add-on travel arrangements for you within Africa.

Driving time: ~4 1/2 hours