Here is the main page covering our visit to the country of Malawi, a small, landlocked and elongated country with an extensive shoreline on Lake Malawi. Plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Malawi, CLICK HERE
Our month long itinerary began with a stay in the second city of Blantyre in the south, nestled between wonderful national parks. Then we headed north to follow Lake Malawi, a World Heritage site, and circle back to the capital of Lilongwe.
- Blantyre
- Majete Wildlife Reserve
- Mount Mulanje
- Zomba Plateau
- Liwonde National Park
- Cape Maclear/Lake Malawi National Park
- Chongoni Rock Art and Dzedza
- Mua Museum
- Chintheche/Lake Malawi
- Nyika National Park
- Luwawa Forest
- Dzalanyama Forest
- Lilongwe
You can also browse the map below for where we’ve been in Malawi, and posted an article. Click a pushpin to find posted articles from the marked locations.
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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.
Outskirts of Blantyre from an estate garden 
Potato market, Blantyre Market, with 50kg sacks 
Mural of traditional Malawian lifestyle 
Old Manager’s House, Blantyre 
Stained glass, Blantyre church 
St. Michael’s and All Angels Church 
Interior, St. Michael’s and All Angels church 
The vertiginous rooftop, St. Michael’s and All Angels church 
Immigration office filing system, Malawi 
Village mosque, Malawi 
Nyika evening panorama on safari 
Nyika National Forest 
Morning, Nyika 
Zebra taking care of each other 
Reedbuck landscape, Nyika 
Forested folds, Nyika 
Reedbuck landscape, Nyika 
Protea flower, favorite of endemic scarlet tufted sunbird 
Reedbuck on the hills 
Pioneer tree reclaiming land for others 
Spanish moss, Nyika 
“Curry” plant 
St. Johns Wort 
Fast moving duyker on night safari, Majete 
Bateleur eagle 
Brown-hooded kingfisher, insectivore 
Great eland, whose horns corkscrew 
Nyala antelope 
Kudu antelope 
Thirsty bushbuck dares a crocodile, with audience 
Some elephants, Majete 
River view at Majete 
Nyala antelope, with shaggy mane, Majete 
Kudu antelope with magnificent twisting horns 
Water buffalo, watering hole, Majete 
More granite pools, Mulanje 
Part of Mt. Mulanje, with tea 
View of crevasse and plains, Zomba Plateau 
Hollowed out pools in Mulanje’s granite, 
Rocking a puberty initiation ceremony, Mulanje 
Mating call, froggy version 
Mating call, adventurephiles version 
Bacon tree 
Descending Mulanje with kindling 
Climbing Mphunzi to rock art sites 
Flying bird, Chewa ritual art, Mphunzi 
Crocodile or other lizard, Mphunzi 
Dancing lizards in an overhand, Mphunzi 
View from Mphunzi 
A kind of millipede, Batwa pygmies, Mphunzi 
Lizards and other figures of the Chewa, Chongoni 
View from a rocky overhand, Chongoni 
Maria, wife of Chazunda and guide for women’s rites 
Hare mask in Chewa dance rituals, for its noble qualities 
Exterior, Mua mission church 
Interior, Mua Mission church 
Threatening figure in a Chewa dance, door panel at Mua 
Mua art even at the toilet 
Abstract art of Batwa pygmies, Mphunzi 
Elephant mask from Nyau rituals, Mphunzi rock art 
Shelter and canvas for rock art, Mphunzi 
Giraffe drinking at waterfall, Batwa pygmy tribe 
Chazunda, the principal divine figure 
Drunken wife-beater soon threatens the social amity, Chewa dance 
Dance of a womb, invoking good fortune through life cycle 
Station of the cross, Mua church 
Richly detailed section of carved screen, Mua 
Lizards dance amid the stars, Mphunzi