Malawi Travel

A Malawi Travel Guide for people travelling through Malawi as well as an Information Guide for Malawi. There is no country in all of Africa that has its geography so sculptured and determined by Africa's Great Rift Valley, the 3000-kilometre long geological formation that bisects much of Africa from Egypt to Botswana.

Towering mountains, lush, fertile valley floors and enormous crystal-clear lakes are the hallmark of much of the Rift Valley. This is what Malawi is all about. It is a little-known gem of a country in the heart of Central Southern Africa that offers a true African experience at a relatively minimal cost.

Malawi is landlocked. It is a long and narrow country, covering more than 1000 km from north to south. Lake Malawi, nearly 600 km long and up to 80 km wide, dominates the countryside. When David Livingstone arrived at the lakeshore in 1861, he was the first foreign explorer to see the lake. He was so in awe that he started missions here.