{"id":7843,"date":"2011-05-24T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2019-10-10T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:07:48","slug":"africa-for-beginners-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/travel-insight\/africa-for-beginners-malawi.htm","title":{"rendered":"Africa for Beginners, Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Malawi is the warm heart of Africa<\/a> and if you are new to the continent then it\u2019s the perfect place for you to start exploring it. With its magnificent and attractive scenery and super friendly locals, the greatest advantage Malawi has is the ease with which you can get there. With more and more resorts and hotels operating in the country, it is fast becoming a favorite destination in Africa.\u00a0There are not many direct flights available from Europe to Lilongwe the capital of the country, but decent airlines like KLM, South African Airways and Kenyan Airlines offer flights to Lilongwe<\/a> through their respective capitals.<\/p>\n

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    Malawi\u2019s biggest attraction is \u201cthe lake of stars\u201d\u00a0 a stunning reservoir of crystal water stretching some 500km along Malawi\u2019s eastern border, separating it from the wild and mountainous coast of Mozambique and Tanzania. Small isolated villages sprinkled on the northern lake shore and the beautiful Liwonde National Park situated at its southern tip.<\/p>\n

    You will find 500 fish and other species that inhabit the lake. The freshwater diving and snorkeling here are excellent and you will surely find yourself indulged in it. Malawi\u2019s not just for water lovers and warm sun worshipers though; there are plenty of activities here to keep you excited and Malawi\u2019s landscape is surprisingly diverse. You can go for the misty heights of\u00a0Mount Mulanje or visit the\u00a0Nyika National Park, where you’ll find some of the best places for hiking; stunning peaks and endless rolling grassland form some of the most enjoyable hiking routes in the whole of\u00a0Africa.<\/p>\n

    Most of the travellers only stay for a couple of days in the country and then race to Africa\u2019s \u2018bigger\u2019 attractions.\u00a0 But if you can spend more time here Malawi has much to offer. So book yourself a nice cheap flight to Malawi and take time to wander in the highland wilderness, dive and swim in the lake\u2019s warm waters, or simply soak up the vibrant local flavor and you\u2019re sure to find yourself satisfied with this experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Malawi is the warm heart of Africa and if you are new to the continent then it\u2019s the perfect place for you to start exploring it. With its magnificent and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1703],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-insight","tag-lilongwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7843"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46192,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843\/revisions\/46192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7843"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=7843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}