Improved access to Malawi

Tourism in Malawi is expected to gain an additional boost as airlines chart new flight paths to Malawi. This shift increases the possibility of dual country holidays and widens itinerary options in Malawi, making The Warm Heart of Africa even more accessible.

Three major players are beginning new and additional flights into Malawi. Both Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines have revealed schedules for new flights into Blantyre and Zambia based airline Proflight has introduced flights from Lusaka International Airport to Lilongwe.

Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety

Proflight Zambia welcomed an unusual passenger on board its aircraft last week in the form of Douglina, a 120 kg hippo calf.

The four-month-old orphan, at 1.2 meters long, was flown by the airline in a specially-made crate from the Lower Zambezi to her new home in South Luangwa National Park.

The animal was rescued by a team from wildlife charity Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ), who had observed it for several hours, alone and in distress on the Zambezi River.

Bosbehoud bemoeilijkt verspreiding malaria

De bescherming van tropische wouden is niet alleen goed voor de biologische rijkdom van onze planeet. Het bemoeilijkt ook de verspreiding van malaria. Het kappen van tropische bomen ten behoeve van de landbouw houdt malaria tegen. Althans, dat heeft men altijd zo aangenomen. Fout, zegt Gabriel Zorello, epidemioloog van de Universiteit van São Paulo.

World Heritage status in sight for Malawi's Mount Mulanje

The Malawi Government has submitted to UNESCO Paris headquarters the dossier for Mount Mulanje to be considered as a World Heritage Site cultural landscape. This work was led by Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants, supported by the Malawi Government Department of Culture and the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust with Norwegian Government funding.

Chobe, het vergeten paradijs

Het Afrikaanse continent herbergt vele wilparken. Toch weet het Chobe National Park in Botswana zich te onderscheiden van de rest. Dat niet alleen door de natuurlijke schoonheid en diversiteit, maar vooral ook door een goed parkbeheer. Chobe is nog niet verpest door grote drommen safaritoeristen. Niet voor niets wordt dit wildpark dan ook liefkozend ‘het vergeten paradijs’ genoemd.

Zambia’s great Zambezi River offers fantastic tourist activities

From white water rafting to fly fishing and more

The beauty of Zambia’s great Zambezi River attracts tourists from all over the world for a myriad of water activities. This mighty river has carved the spectacular Victoria Falls and Batoka Gorge, yet its beginnings are as humble as a spring that bubbles up between the roots of a tree in the Mwinilunga District.