{"id":15115,"date":"2021-07-23T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/info-viaggi\/malawi-2\/the-nature-parks\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:50:40","slug":"the-nature-parks","status":"publish","type":"info_viaggi","link":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/malawi-en\/the-nature-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"The nature parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Thinking about a safari in Africa,<\/b>\u00a0mind goes back to the great national parks of the southern region and the boundless wildlife reserves of Tanzania or Kenya, to name but a few of the most popular countries for safari tourism. Few would think of planning a game drive in the unknown Malawi, even though it is a country that does not skimp on spectacular sightings and boasts a copious presence of the sought-after <\/b>‘<\/span>Big Five’.<\/b><\/p>\r\n

The added value in choosing Malawi <\/b>is therefore surely that of the privilege, for a traveller, in finding himself completely alone in front of the most authentic and wild nature, far from the beaten track of international tourism in Africa.<\/p>\r\n

Malawi’s national parks <\/b>certainly have the advantage of being less vast areas <\/b>than the large parks in neighbouring countries, and much less frequented<\/b>, where the opportunities for sightings are multiplied by the concentration of fauna that is not disturbed in its usual rhythms.<\/p>\r\n

In the north of the country, the must-see is definitely the Nyika National Park, <\/b>with its temperature ranges that envelop everything in mist, as zebras, hyenas, antelopes and shy leopards begin to peep through the grasslands interspersed with forest vegetation.<\/p>\r\n

In the south,<\/span> one of the undisputed pearls is certainly the Liwonde Park<\/b>, in a setting of savannahs with warm temperatures, typical of Africa, whose territory is crossed by the Shire River <\/b>and therefore an ideal home for hippos<\/b>, elephants<\/b>, crocodiles<\/b>, but also leopards<\/b>, antelopes<\/b>, zebras <\/b>and buffalos<\/b>, as well as a few cheetahs<\/b>, lions <\/b>and rhinoceroses<\/b>, reintroduced by the park management.<\/p>\r\n

However, if you are looking for the famous <\/b>‘<\/span>Big Five’ <\/b>all gathered in a single natural area, then a safari to the Majete Wildlife Reserve<\/b>, at the extreme south-western tip of the country, which has been protecting elephants, rhinoceros, buffalo, lions and leopards <\/b>from poaching since 1955, in the shade of hills, acacia and mopane fields, and monumental baobabs, is a must. <\/span>But also zebras<\/b>, or hippos <\/b>and crocodiles <\/b>that glide silently over the waters of the Shire here, before the tributary goes to feed the Zambezi.<\/p>\r\n

By boat, by car or on foot, you decide!<\/p>\r\n

Moving further to the south of the country, we reach Lengwe National Park<\/b>, a 900-square-kilometre reserve founded in the 1920s, famous for its herds of gazelles and antelopes<\/b>, including impalas and nyalas, but also hyenas<\/b>, leopards <\/b>and 300 different species of birds<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n

The list of reserves and parks could go on, because there are about fifteen protected areas <\/b>in Malawi that allow close and undisturbed encounters with wildlife, typical of Southern Africa, including large predators, and which to this day remain unknown to most, making it a privileged vantage point that deserves to be discovered, but also preserved in its authenticity.<\/p>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n

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