Malawi Travel

31/10/2024

We are delighted to announce the launch of the latest edition of our Best of Malawi brochure! 🌟🇲🇼

With everything you need to start planning a Malawi holiday, including content to help you decide where to go and what to do, the 2025 edition of the brochure is available as an e-book and PDF right now. The brochure is also available in printed form by post to UK travellers, as well as at UK and European travel shows. ✈️

The Best of Malawi is the country’s go-to destination brochure and travel directory, with detailed listings for all the top accommodation options across Malawi as well as the best local tour operators and transport companies. It’s perfect for inspiration and trip planning. ✍️😍

Find out more here 👇
https://www.malawitourism.com/news-blogs/the-best-of-malawi-2025-destination-brochure-launched/

27/10/2024

A recent edition of French travel magazine Le Temps d'un Voyage carried a wonderful Malawi article by Elodie Rohan. She travelled around the country extensively from north to south, including a visit to Likoma Island on the famous Ilala ferry. Use the link below to check our some of her beautiful images, and to subscribe to the magazine. ⛴️☀️🏖️

https://letempsdunvoyage.com/n32-malawi-lafrique-au-coeur/

Featuring👇
Kaya Mawa by Green Safaris
La Rondavelle
Fisherman's Rest - From Wales
Tongole Wilderness Retreat
Robin Pope Safaris
Satemwa Tea & Coffee
African Parks

25/10/2024

In this latest blog from Robin Pope Safaris, we hear from Yolandi and Casper, the new managers at Kuthengo Camp in Liwonde National Park as they witness some fantastic sightings in their early months at the lodge. 🐘🦁🦏

Check it out here 👇
https://www.malawitourism.com/news-blogs/blog-special-sightings-caught-on-camera-at-kuthengo-by-robin-pope-safaris/

22/10/2024

Back in 1993, after 5 years of operating mobile safaris in Malawi, Central African Wilderness Safaris (CAWS) founders, Chris and Pam Badger, had well and truly fallen in love with Malawi and opened Mvuu Camp. ⛺️🐘

2024 officially marks 30 years of CAWS operating Mvuu, and that’s definitely cause for celebration! 🎉

Take a look at this article about what makes a safari with CAWS so special. 🦁

https://www.malawitourism.com/news-blogs/discovering-the-magic-of-malawi-with-central-african-wilderness-safaris/



Photos 1,3 & 4 by Daniel Badger Photography. IG: 📸

22/10/2024

22/10/2024

The picture was taken on 15 September 2024 at Victoria gardens in Blantyre by Mphatso Misanjo, where ProjectM was celebrating its first anniversary, As we are promoting tourism let's not forget our traditional dances as well.

21/10/2024

✨ A night of unforgettable stories awaits you at the 📍EU Residence as we bring you four incredible films from Finland, Malawi, Morocco, and Zambia. From heartwarming love stories to betrayals, tales of identity, and survival in the face of war, each film offers a unique lens into the human experience. Save the date, and see you there!

⏳ Free entry. Register now at kwenda.co.

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21/10/2024

Here’s your lineup for the 25th & 26th! 🎬✨ Join us at Crossroads Hotel Cinema for an incredible selection of films, and don’t forget to grab your FREE tickets at kwenda.co! 🎟️😊

21/10/2024

Here’s the Euro Film Festival lineup for 2nd November at Tumaini Festival! 🎬✨ Don’t miss these incredible films—secure your FREE tickets now at kwenda.co! 🎟️😊

21/10/2024

Artists and Diversity

Over 501 artists from 20 countries have performed at Tumaini Festival, promoting diversity and supporting the refugee cause.
Celebrate the global artistic talent and help
us keep this cultural exchange going

Please click on the link below https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024 now to donate and share widely to help spread the word.

21/10/2024

Media Coverage

Since its inception, the Tumaini Festival has reached approximately 61 million people through media channels, significantly amplifying our advocacy and raising global awareness. We are proud of this achievement! Your support enables us to continue highlighting refugee issues and fostering positive change.

Please click the link below to donate and share widely to help spread the word: https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024.

21/10/2024

People Impacted Economically

Through the Tumaini Festival, 2,335 refugee entrepreneurs have found a market for their goods and services.

We’re proud of the economic impact we’ve made, and with your help, we can do even more. Support our campaign through link below https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024.

21/10/2024

Tumaini Festival’s Economic Impact

Since its inception Tumaini Festival has generated approximately $1,250,000 for the Dzaleka community, creating numerous jobs and business opportunities.

Your support will help us achieve this and more! Please click on the link below https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024 now to donate and share widely to help spread the word.

21/10/2024

20 Days to Tumaini Festival 2024!

The excitement is building as we count down the days to the 10th edition of Tumaini Festival happening from October 31 to November 2! Get ready for an unforgettable experience of music, art, and cultural performances from all around the world.

You can also be part of this journey by supporting us! Donate here: https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024

21/10/2024

Tumaini Festival's Impact Over the Years

Since its inception, Tumaini Festival has attracted over 179,000 attendees and fostered social cohesion between refugees and host communities by bringing people from different countries around the globe to experience the festival.

Just 21 days to go to this years Tumaini festival Celebrate with us as we reflect on the positive changes we’ve achieved together!

Please click on the link below https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024 now to donate and share widely to help spread the word.

21/10/2024

Support our crowdfunding campaign!

Refugees often struggle to have their voices heard in decision-making processes.

Tumaini Festival empowers refugees by amplifying their voices and ensuring they are part of the conversation. We create a platform for creative expression, media exposure, and creating positive awareness about refugee rights. We have reached over 5 million people through media coverage.

Help us continue this vital work! Please click on the link below https://www.omprakash.org/tumainifestival-2024 now to donate and share widely to help spread the word.

21/10/2024

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21/10/2024

This is Humphrey. He is the leader of the Maguba Salvation Singers, one of our sponsored conservation groups and one of our most dedicated members. This is not the best picture as Tom took it and he was busy firefighting, but when he saw Humphrey, who had left church and run up to help with the fire, he just had to take it!

And the weird stick he is holding is one of our home-made fire beaters, used to beat down the flames in the hope of taking the oxygen away and stifling the fire.

Sadly, this year we have suffered 5 fires on our side. 4 of them were contained quite quickly but the 5th one caused a serious amount of damage.

One of the reasons why the fire was so big was that we had been so successful in preventing fires for years so there was more to burn.

It broke our hearts!

BUT over 150 community members showed up to help, and many of them were out there until gone 11pm.

The fires were lit on purpose by people with little understanding of the consequences of their actions.

And these fires destroy biodiversity, but also contribute to soil erosion and damage the water table making water harder and harder to access.

This is entirely preventable.

40 years ago, there was a law in Malawi specifying that no non-domestic fires were allowed after the 15th of August.

This makes a lot of sense as after the 15th of August the temperatures soar and the environment gets more and more dry but the law is no longer enforced.

If these fires were prevented, trees would naturally regenerate, ecosystems would be reborn. We would not need to plant trees to make up for the loss. Nature would do her work, far more successfully than humans ever could.

It just takes a tiny bit of education, key messages repeated over and over and over.

Zotheka!

21/10/2024

5L water bottles!

We buy them to fill (and refill) the water flasks in the guest bedrooms.

Once empty we fill them with our own generated plastic waste, but also any litter we pick up on our walks. These are turned into ecobricks.

But right now, throughout the dry season, we have them filled with water, sitting by our gate, ready to be picked up by our conservation group members to help fight fires.

They are used to wet stumps which are then covered in soil.  Otherwise, tree stumps tend to reignite with any gusts of wind and start the fires again.

These containers are super useful, whether for us as ecobricks and fire fighting tools, but also for villagers who use them to carry/store water as they have a lid.

21/10/2024

21/10/2024

TREEZ, Zomba Forest Lodge's own conservation project, has been providing giant bamboo seedlings to our community conservation members as a reward for their environmental work and a bid to help reverse the deforestation trends rampant in Malawi.

The giant bamboo has a denser coln (centre) than other species , thus making it a great source of firewood, charcoal and construction material, while creating a wind/rainbreak for their homes - crucial considering the damage that exposure to heavy rains has on locally built houses.

Our groups are also preparing the seedling nurseries for both agroforestry and indigenous trees. The agroforestry trees are to be planted in their fields and the indigenous ones planted in their local copses (baby woodlands nestled between villages) and out on their conservation areas.

But most importantly, members are carrying out fire prevention activities (fire breaks, fire patrols, etc) as fires represent the biggest threat to any natural regeneration.

By preventing fires, trees have grown, with no help from us humans. Nature can do the growing bit. But humans must carry out the fire prevention work and pass on the fire prevention messages.

The fires are ALL man-made in Malawi.

What would Malawi look like if fires were prevented for 2 or 3 years? It would look lush and green and full of promise 💚