On arrival at Blantyre International Airport a guide will meet you for the 2.5 hour drive to Mkulumadzi through colourful local scenes of villages, agriculture, as well as bush.
The camp is located on the confluence of the Shire and Mkulumadzi River; within Majete Wildlife Reserve, 70km South West of Blantyre - Southern Malawi. Majete is a Big 5 Reserve and one of the largest protected areas, and covers an area of over 70,000ha.
The reserve is located within the Miombo woodland ecoregion and much of the higher lying areas in the west of the park are dominated by Miombo/Brachystegia woodland. Mixed Combretum woodlands and mosaics of riparian forest can be found in the East of Majete.
Depending on what time to arrival, you will have an opportunity to experience your very first game drive in Majete. A senior African Parks representative will join you for a pre-dinner presentation on Majete Wildlife Reserve in the context of the work they have done and continue to do.
Over the next two days explore the Majete and work of African Parks. In addition to normal game viewing experiences (drive, walk or boating), you will have an opportunity to visit the African Parks operations room as well as spend some time on foot patrol with the game scouts.
Pre-dinner will be another chance to interact with an African Parks representative, this time the head of their rhino project. He will give a discussion on this specific project and afford you more time over dinner to ask any questions.
Today you will transfer onto Liwonde National Park. We will have a drop in at a chosen community project (Honey with Heart: we stock their honey in all our camps) en route; stopping over in Balaka for lunch.
Liwonde National Park is considered one of the top birding locations in Southern Africa. The park offers some of the most scenic game viewing, beautiful riverine surroundings and varied bird watching you could wish to find. A great deal of the terrain is Shire River floodplains, much loved by the healthy population of Elephants in this park. They are best viewed during your boat safari on the Shire River, one of the many highlights of a stay at Kuthengo Camp.
On arrival you will have your first game viewing experience in Liwonde.
A full day of game viewing experiences including a visit to African Parks Operations Room to gain first-hand insight of their work here. An opportunity to gain further insights to their work in Liwonde. We will incorporate an evening discussion and dinner with a representative of African Parks during your stay as well.
On your final full day in the park we will fit in more opportunity to explore the area fully. A boat trip to the nearby Malombe River along with a community project will be included today.
Depending on your departure times, we will try fit in one last activity before transfer to Lilongwe for your onward connection.
