hi there - does anyone know of a way to get from safari in South Luangwa park to the beaches at Lake Malawi by air, without going via Lusaka?? Thanks so much for any advice offered
Hi, certainly if you have the money, it is posible to get a private charterfrom Mfuwe to Lilongwe, and then on to the lake. Nyasa Air taxis http://nyassa.mw/ of Blantyre will do this. It is also posible to do a transfer by road, but there is no direct road service, you would have to get to Chipata, a taxi to the border, and a sevice bus to Lilongwe.
Ivan
its a pretty straightforward route by road minibus from Mfuwe to Chipata, share taxi to the border bus to Lilongwe, then on to Monkey bay (via mangochi), or Nkhata bay (via mzuzu). I was there 3 months ago and the minibus to Chipata was leaving Mfuwe at 1am!!
As said above you can charter a flight if you have the money, otherwise there are occasional flights taking groups from Lilongwe that may have return seats, don't know where your staying but Jess at flatdogs is a good person to ask about these sort of flights.
Hi There,
from SLNP to Chipata you can also rent a taxi, I think it should cost about 100usd for the whole car, so if you are travelling in a small group it is not too expensive.. You can try and ask at Dean's Lodge, he organizes this kind of things.
From Chipata to Lilongwe, you can once again hire a private taxi (we did for 20 usd each) or take a shared taxi to the border, then to Mjinchj and from there minibus to Lilongwe. If you go by public transport it should take approx 4/5 hours.
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