Liwonde and Mangochi are at the centre of a major economic hub in southern and eastern Malawi. Tourism revenue has increased almost threefold from 2021 which not only benefits the park, but also community members, small business operators and informal traders around the park.
A range of accommodation options all contribute to park revenue, from Chimwala Camp, a self-catering camp with spacious en-suite safari tents in the south of the park, to third party-owned lodges, such as Mvuu Lodge, Mvuu and Kuthengo camps. Visitors to Liwonde can get some of the best river-based elephant, crocodile, hippo and general wildlife viewing in Africa.
Five Reasons to Visit Liwonde
- Some of the best river-based elephant, crocodile, hippo and general wildlife viewing in Africa.
- Home to the rare and critically endangered black rhino as well as the historic elephant translocation.
- Experience the cathedral-like mopane woodlands interspersed with candelabra euphorbia with good populations of buffalo and sable antelope.
- The amazing views of Borassus palm-studded floodplains.
- It’s a bird watcher’s delight with easy viewing of Pel’s fishing owl, Boehm’s bee-eaters, Lilian’s lovebirds, and Livingstone’s flycatcher.
