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Our educational, exciting, family-friendly Malawi itinerary features the perfect mix of exciting bush and boat safari in restorative lakeside living, leaving you relaxed and rejuvenated with unforgettable family memories to travel home with. This tour starts in Blantyre and ends in Lilongwe.
After arriving at Chileka International Airport in Blantyre, you’ll be met by your private driver for your hotel transfer to Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel, in Blantyre City. The transfer is around 30 to 45 minutes depending on traffic.
After breakfast, meet your local guided tour at the reception and enjoy your private transfer to Game Haven Lodge, around a 1.5-hour transfer from the hotel. You’ll stay here for two nights in a Sable family room. Game Haven Lodge is a stunning 500-acre private game park and lodge, set in one of the last remaining indigenous forests and grasslands of the Shire Highlands in Southern Malawi.
Game Haven is one of the few places in Malawi with child-friendly walking safaris. There are plenty of activities to keep the whole family occupied; swim in Lake Bvumbwe under the watchful gaze of giraffes, go on a horse ride, swim in the swimming pool, go fishing for Bass and Tilapia or climb the rock-climbing wall.
You’ll have a leisurely morning with breakfast before checking out and taking your private transfer to Mkulumadzi Lodge in Majete Wildlife Reserve, around a 3 hour drive. Situated on the confluence of the Shire and Mkulumadzi Rivers, this lodge is the most luxurious in the whole of Majete. With no age restriction and plenty of family-friendly activities on offer, it’s the perfect place to create fond family memories together. You will stay here for 2 nights in a luxury family chalet.
Other optional activities include shorter child-friendly nature walks to identify droppings, seeds and feathers, boating safaris, viewing hides and cultural experiences to nearby villages and learn about the Malawian way of life.You are free to be as energetic or as idle as pleases you although at least one activity perday, boat or game drive.
Enjoy your morning activity and breakfast before checking out for your private scenic transfer to Liwonde. With a plentifully packed lunch to eat en route, enjoy this scenic drive through the mountains, taking around five hours and arriving in time for afternoon tea.
Arrive at Liwonde at Mvuu Lodge where you will stay for 3 nights in a safari-style family-tented cottage. With no barriers to the surrounding wilderness, nature casually walks through camp, and you’ll regularly see elephants, zebra and antelope browsing nearby meaning you don’t need to go far to feel on safari.
In between activities there are plenty of children’s facilities just a five-minute walkaway at Mvuu Lodge’s sister property, Mvuu Camp. Here, you’ll find a children’s play area and a shallow child-friendly pool with sun loungers. In the evening, enjoy asundowner on the viewing deck and spot Liwonde’s impressive endemic birdsthrough the telescope.
After your morning activity and breakfast, you will boat across the river for your private transfer to Monkey Bay, taking approximately 2 hours. Set on its own 750-metre-long, palm-lined beach on the southern shore of Lake Malawi, you’ll be staying at Mokokola Retreat for the next two nights in a luxury sunset villa with your private pool and terrace with dazzling views over Lake Malawi.
On land, get sporty on the tennis courts or volleyball court, try racquetball or a game of golf on the 9-hole golf course. Afterwards, cool off in the swimming pool and enjoy a bite to eat at the restaurant.
Enjoy a leisurely morning and breakfast before your private transfer back to Lilongwe, taking around 4.5 hours. En route, you’ll stop at Dedza, which sits in a dramatic landscape of forests and highlands, with Dedza Mountain towering behind the town. You will have a chance to visit Dedza Pottery to view and buy the beautifully decorated artisan traditional pottery.
You have a one-night stay in the homely Bamboo Boutique Hotel at the heart of Lilongwe. Bamboo Boutique Hotel is located in a quiet residential area close to Lilongwe’s City Center, home to various government departments, international organisations and corporate headquarters.
After your breakfast, you will check out and have your final private transfer to Kamazu International Airport for your international flight home.
Flights & Transfers
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