CAPITAL LILONGWE - POPULATION 13.6 MILLION - AREA 118,480 SQ KM -OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ENGLISH, CHICHEWA
Malawi has been an African travel favorite for some years now and continues to draw a steady stream of visitors each year (though not too many to spoil the experience). It's popular because it has a little bit of all the things you're looking for in an African sojourn: there are the beaches at Nkhata Bay and Cape Maclear, the hiking around Mt Mulanje, national parks like the huge Nyika National Park and quiet Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve and, of course, a friendly, welcoming population. If you're visiting in October 2009, don't miss the fantastic world music festival, Lake of Stars. |
