A beautiful, friendly, peaceful country of courteous people,
blessed with its great lake and beaches, shimmering rivers,lush
forests, mysterious high mountains and plateaux. A variety
of wild, land and aquatic animals, birds and tropical fish
abound.
Malawi travel information
Malawi is a small landlocked country 880kms
long and 220kms wide. in East Central Africa, straddling longitude
34 East and latitude 13 South. It
is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley, a huge
crack in the earth’s crust that begins in Jordon, 7,000kms
to the north. It features 3,000m mountains and high plateaux,
lush forests, shimmering rivers and fertile lowlands.
And, of course, there is Lake Malawi. It is 600kms long and 85kms
wide and 700m deep
It is Africas third, and the worlds ninth, largest lake. Lake
Malawi is a freshwater lake lying close to the southern end of
the great African Rift Valley. It is the ninth largest lake in
the world.
The lakeshore scenery and beaches are generally superb and the
local fishermen are a colouful part of the lakeshore. The lake
is famous for its over 500 varieties of colourful tropical cichlid
fish which are collected and sold worldwide.
Malawi produces some high quality artifacts as witnessed by the
following pictures.
Artists like David Kelly have created international reputations.Malawi
ingenuity comes to the forefront in the amazing wood and wire
toys many of which are mobile.
