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Professional focus travel
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- Special interest travel
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travel
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- Academic travel
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- Donor travel
- Advocacy travel
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- Incentive / MICE travel
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- Malawi
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malawi
A popular
guidebook is not exaggerating when it terms Malawi probably "the
most laid-back nation on earth". The country is a fascinating
portray of the stereotypical images that many Westerners have of
tropical Africa. Traveling is remarkably easy and hassle-free, and
visitors particularly enjoy the inherent charm of the people and the
landscape.
The British have had a very strong and surprisingly positive
influence in Malawi since the days of the famous missionary and
explorer David Livingstone who introduced the 3 C's of Christianity,
colonization and commerce that eventually succeeded in defeating
slavery. Even today, most of the country’s elite consists of
graduates of the old mission schools.
Undoubtedly the most precious attraction of the country is Lake
Malawi, the most southerly of the great lakes of the Rift Valley and
probably the prettiest and most important in terms of biodiversity.
Not only the UNESCO has realized that this is the most important
freshwater fish sanctuary in the world (over 1,000 fish species with
more being discovered every year) and made Lake Malawi National Park
a World Heritage Site. And its beaches remind strongly of Pacific
Ocean islands, with the added pleasure of sweet water.
Other important conservation areas include the national parks
Liwonde, richly atmospheric and well-stocked with animals, and Nyika,
a vast plateau with montane grassland and fern heather communities
that features over 100 mammal species (including the highest
concentration of leopards anywhere in central Africa), 200 orchid
species and over 400 bird species. Two further national parks, four
wildlife reserves and about 70 forest reserves complete a fabulous
African nature experience.
Special highlights:
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- English language and
literature
- History (especially British
colonial history and its fight against the slave trade)
- Interaction of local culture
with Christianity
- Income generation (coffee,
tea, tobacco, sugar, fish farming etc)
- The aquarium world of Lake
Malawi National Park
- Lake Malawi International
Yachting Marathon
- Nature conservation (including
volunteering)
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