Lilongwe
Anglican-owned St Peter's has four pleasant rooms next to a red-brick church. All rooms and the four-bed dorm are en suite. It's very peaceful, with a…
Must-see hotels in Malawi
Malawi
You can stay in colonial splendour among lush gardens at this lodge on the working Lujeri Tea Estate, which guests can tour for a discounted US$10. It…
Lilongwe
The three-star Mafumu is low on atmosphere, but it has a bar-restaurant and 30 spacious self-catering rooms with tiled floors, king-size beds, flat-screen…
Malawi
This rustic lodge has an edge-of-the-world feel (maybe it's the caged baboons outside), with lush gardens nestled in the shadow of the massif. There are…
Malawi
Occupying an old house with a psychedelic mishmash of keepsakes left by generations of travellers, this backpacker stalwart has a bar-restaurant, a TV…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, Chinzama has a stunning location surrounded by mountains. It's equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open…
Malawi
The camp's five simple en-suite, thatch-and-brick twin cabanas are perfectly positioned on the lakeshore; the animals are so plentiful that it feels as…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
One of eight forestry huts on Mulanje, equipped with benches, tables, two toilets and open fires with plenty of wood. Book through the Mulanje Infocentre…
Malawi
Popular for conferences, Kokotowa's 12 rooms (with more coming) are basic but clean, spacious and comfortable, with large beds, plentiful furniture and…
Lilongwe
With two restaurants, a gym, and 100-plus rooms around a pleasant courtyard and pool, Crossroads is conveniently close to the mall of the same name. It's…
Malawi
This atmospheric granite house, also home to the Stone House Museum, was built on the crest of the mountain in 1903 and its rooms are redolent with…
Malawi
These simple wooden cabins perch on the escarpment, offering rooms with a view in Livingstonia town. There's a craft shop, and a restaurant (mains MK2000)…
Malawi
Park and camp on the edge of the playing fields at this old gents' club with a nine-hole golf course and echoes of tweedy colonialism. Rates include day…
Malawi
The Sumuka's rooms are badly in need of renovation – and a good clean – but it remains a friendly and reasonably comfortable stopover. You can have a hot…
Malawi
On the outside these peeling, white motel-style digs are unprepossessing, but step within and they become more tempting, especially the ones facing the…
Malawi
This faded banana-and-pastel-green beachfront place has a sandy patio with scattered loungers, a little bar and a Caribbean vibe. Clean rooms have vividly…
Lilongwe
Behind its decrepit exterior, this three-floor, 48-room monolith boasts restaurant, gym and more marble than Persepolis. The rooms are comfy and colourful…
Malawi
Five minutes' walk from the town centre, this old-fashioned place sits in a leafy garden and has a welcoming veranda. The seven rooms are tired but clean…
Malawi
Four simple rooms with modern bathrooms and fans just before the Likhubula gate, plus two basic external rooms sharing ablutions at the rear of the…
Malawi
So-so en-suite rooms with grotty bedspreads, TV, bare white walls and a few sticks of furniture. On the upside, the hotel is close to the main bus station…
Malawi
Built in 1886, this tin-roofed, turreted old dame has an air of faded grandeur. Choose between a room up top and a brick-red chalet in the garden of roses…
Lilongwe
This tranquil site is next to the green, and campers can use the bar-restaurant with its terrace, kids' playground and pool. There's a basic ablutions…
Malawi
This campsite is ideally located in the lee of a valley amid a giant gum- and cedar-tree clearing. In late 2016 it was showing signs of not being well…
Malawi
Crouching low against the river, this plastic-flower-accented digs has beige '70s couches in reception and feels as though it was built for an event that…
Malawi
Cool, rough-and-ready rooms are found in this beachside backpacker joint about 2km from the main road. Hammock flop, get to know the locals, kayak (US$30…
Malawi
This 111-room behemoth does its best to banish a lingering feeling of faded grandeur, with rooms in blocks overlooking riverside gardens shaded by palms…
Malawi
Shire Camp's faded bamboo-and-brick cabanas in varying states of repair have tiled floors, fans, hot-water bathrooms and netted breeze vents. The three…
Malawi
In the skirts of Mt Mulanje, this old red-brick trusty has 55 basic rooms with amazing views of the towering massif. Rooms are small and musty, with…
Malawi
Go for a superior or executive room at this motel-style set-up, in a peaceful location east of town (en route to Nkhata Bay). Rooms are a little…
Malawi
Accommodation here ranges from standard and executive rooms to self-catering flats, and the saltwater pool (and attached hot tub!) looks out across the…
Malawi
Mulanje Motel's 18 basic but clean rooms have flowery bedding, fan and functional if frugal bathroom; those in the rear annexe are rather dingy. Around…
Malawi
Ilala is a fallback option, with run-down rooms featuring mozzie nets, fans and, unfortunately, noise from the main street. It's not really a traveller…
Malawi
Mgoza has en-suite chalets around a beachfront garden and pool, and A-frame thatched huts and dorms. There's also an inviting restaurant with an upstairs…
Malawi
This fallback option has spacious but basic rooms with tiled floors and a bar where drinkers watch the football or sit outside amid the chirping crickets.
