Lengwe National Park is an 887 kilometers squared
wildernesses of dense thickets and mixed open
woodland. It's along the Mozambican border, southwards
through Blantyre and then down into the Lower Shire
Valley with splendid views of the vast plains below.
Lengwe's special birds include Western Banded Snake
Eagle, Brown-headed Parrot, Crowned Hornbill, African
Golden Oriole, African Paradise Flycatcher, Retz's
Helmetshrike, Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Variable
Sunbird, African Yellow White-eye, Southern
Grey-headed Sparrow, and Red-headed Weaver.
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Liwonde National Park covers an area of 548kilometers
squared wilderness of swamps, grasslands, and mopane
woodlands in the Upper Shire Valley northwards. An
afternoon game activity adds many waterbirds to the
list, possibly including specials like White-backed
Night Heron, White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose,
Lesser Jacana, White-crowned Lapwing, Long-toed
Lapwing, Gull-billed Tern, African Skimmer, Black
Coucal, and Southern Brown-throated Weaver. A day of
river safaris, drives, and bush walks should reveal a
good diversity of wood and riverine forest birds.
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A short stop will be made to search a riparian forest
at Thazima Gate the entrance to Nyika National Park
for the highly-localized Black-backed Barbet. The
mountain grasslands and forests of the Nyika Plateau
are a host of birds that are scarce or absent
elsewhere in Malawi. Some target birds here include;
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Red-winged Francolin,
Denham's Bustard, Ruwenzori Nightjar, Angola Swallow,
African Pipit, Blacklored Cisticola, Churring
Cisticola, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Cinnamon Bracken
Warbler, Shelley's Francolin, Common Quail, Blue
Swallow, Wattled Crane, Augur Buzzard, Malachite
Sunbird, Montane Widowbird and a number of common
grassland birds.
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Kasungu National Park is located west of Kasungu,
about 175 km north of Lilongwe National Park,
extending along the Zambian border. Kasungu is
Malawi's second-largest national park. Once crowded
with wildlife, the park has been heavily poached and,
despite recent clampdowns, animal densities are low.
The only lodge is well priced and located at Lifupa
Dam, which has some resident hippos and attracts
elephants in the dry season. If wildlife viewing
expectations aren't too high, Kasungu offers a great
bush experience.
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