Top 5 places to visit in South Malawi (beyond the lake and reserves)

Malawi is best known for its magnificent Lake Malawi and is increasingly gaining a reputation as a top safari destination. But there is much more that the Warm Heart of Africa has to offer its visitors, including some stunning highland scenery and rich cultural interactions. Having covered those higher profile attractions focussed in previous blogs, this time we’re focussing on some of the places to visit beyond the lakeshore and the game parks. Since the south of the country remains the most visited area, and is packed with ‘alternative’ attractions, where better to start

Zomba Plateau

Zomba Plateau is a magnificent table-top mountain that overshadows the town of Zomba which sits below it. The peaks on the top of Zomba Plateau rise to altitudes over 2000m and on three sides, the massif has scarp-like edges with the height from plateau top to floor of the Rift Valley a huge 1200 metres. Zomba Plateau has a slight depression in the centre…