Malawi is endowed with a great variety of plant life and animals and has more than 9 National Parks / Wildlife Reserves. As it may not possess quite the large numbers of huge mammals (mainly predators) just like a number of its more well known neighbors, Malawi compensates this in several different ways. Malawi offers serious and special wildlife viewing within the unspoiled areas of true wilderness.
National Parks and Wildlife Reserves
Over the latest years these Parks plus Reserves have gone through some kind of a revolution, with non – public concessionaires assisting to develop conservation as well as the quality of wildlife viewing.
Within the Southern part is the Malawi’s longest reputable – Liwonde National Park, with outstanding accommodation as well as the finest game viewing in the country. Growing speedily is Majete Wildlife Reserve, exposed to a re-stocking program and about to turn into a ‘Big 5’ haven. Recently A new lodge has been constructed and another is just ongoing. Majete’s neighbors living in the Lower Shire Valley, Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve as well as Lengwe National Park also today have a privately managed accommodation, as well as increasing animal population.
Within Central Malawi, The onetime great Kasungu National Park is unfortunately now somewhat forgotten as well as abandoned, however the close by rocky wilderness of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve was recently opened up and pledges a lot, having stayed largely unharmed for years. 2 other lodges where opened in 2010 there.
moving North, the Nyika National Park is among Malawi’s jewels offering exceptional wildlife views in its rising and falling grassland plateau. The top quality accommodation was actually opened in 2010. The Nyika is associated with the adjacent Vwasa Marsh Wildlife Reserve which is a lowland location that offers bush game viewing. A new private special consideration was approved in 2009 within Vwaza, although development is yet to start.
Mammals
The Big cats are actually rarely seen. Lions are seen although they are hardly ever seen, although the latest opening of the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve as well as the planned re-introduction of species into Majete will alter that. There haven’t been any sights of cheetahs over several years. The leopards are seen almost across the whole country, with the largest population being in Nyika, although similar to any place, these have an elusive lifestyle that makes seeing them quite challenging. Among the smaller cats, the civet is actually the most prevalent although genet, wild cats and the serval may also be sighted. The Hyena is the commonest of all the key predators and actually can be seen in all the sheltered land locations. The Jackal also has standing numbers within Malawi although it is not commonly sighted at.
The Black rhino has been effectively re-introduced and fortunately can be sighted in Liwonde as well as Majete. There are great numbers of elephants in all the sheltered areas apart from the low lying Mwabvi as well as Lengwe. The Hippos are many in Malawi and these are frequently seen in River Shire, where they total up to thousands. In addition, Crocodiles too are commonly seen in the Shire.
Buffaloes as well as zebras are common seen in all regioons. among the antelopes, the bushbucks, reedbucks grey duikers, klipspringers kudus, plus the grysboks, are seen in the majority of the sheltered areas. The Roans in addition to elands can in addition be sighted at, mainly in Nyika, whereas in Kasungu plus Liwonde are the mainly probable places to see the sable as well as waterbuck. The most uncommon species is Livingstone’s suni as well as the good-looking nyala, which are in large numbers in Lengwe. This is the most distant north of all nyala territories found in southern Africa.
Additional mammals within the country are monkeys plus baboons, porcupine, bushpig, as well as warthog. There aren’t any giraffes; although plans are ongoing to that they are re-introduction.
Birds
Malawi prides in a extraordinary diversity of birds with more than 650 bird species recorded across the diverse landscapes. these are mainly woodland or else grassland species including the endemic Lillian’s lovebird, Livingstone flycatcher as well as red-winged francolin and. on the other hand, the dams, lake, plus rivers in addition attract various water birds like pelican, hamerkop, egret, fish eagle, as well as kingfishers. Raptors, such as the peregrine falcon, African marsh harrier as well as the black-breasted snake eagle offer give additional diversity.
Fish
most of the approximated 700 species of fish within Lake Malawi are the cichlids, generally endemic to this country. These small dazzlingly colored mbuna are with no trouble seen within the sheltered waters in Lake Malawi National Park. Furthermore, The Shire River through Majete in addition to Liwonde also sustains great numbers of fish among which are the sungwa plus the tiger fish, whereas the Bua found in Nkhotakota supports mpasa – the lake salmon, popular for anglers.
Flowers
For people who love flowers, there is huge variety, among which are 400 species of orchid. These are seen at the different altitudes throughout the country. in addition, there are several unending flowers, water lilies, proteas, gladioli having reed-beds as well as aloes in the lagoons of Lower Shire.
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