Africa Travel Blog

The main areas for hiking are the Nyika Plateau in the north of Malawi and Mt. Mulanje in the south. Other areas include the Zomba Plateau and various smaller peaks around Blantyre. An interesting place to visit on foot is Mwala Wa Mphini (the rock of the tribal face scars), which is just off the main dirt road into Cape Maclear, about five km from the park headquarters.The huge boulder is a national monument covered in lines and patters which seem to have been gouged out by long-forgotten artists, but are in fact a natural geological formation. If you want a longer walk, a small lakeside path leads southwest from Otter Point, through woodland above the shore, for about four kilometres to a small fishing village called Msaka. Read the rest of this entry »

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an exceptionally rich and varied ecosystem. It is one of the most unique and important forests in Africa. The park ranges from lowland to Afro-montane forest, a moist tropical forest that is unique in Uganda and rare among East African protected areas. It has remained a forest for millions of years, while in most other parts of Africa forests have come and gone throughout the ages. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, gazetted in 1991, covers an area of 33.7 km 2. It is found in the extreme south west corner of Uganda which borders with Zaire and Rwanda. It includes parts of Mahavura, Mgahinga and Sabino Volcanic Mountains. The summit of Muhavura has a small crater lake and forms the highest point(4127m) in the park. The summit areas are dominated by wort and dwarf heath vegetation. This emerges into bamboo and broad leaved montane forest, down the mountains. The lower slopes have high altitude savannah woodland with lots of lichens and mosses. Read the rest of this entry »