Photos of the south of Malawi

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The south of Malawi

Malawi’s Southern Region, centred around Blantyre, is the most populated and economically developed. The Lower Shire Valley, broad and flat in the extreme south, is the lowest point in the country, but over 100 kilometres from there is Malawi’s highest peak, Mount Mulanje, over 3000 metres -the highest mountain in central Africa.

Nchotseni school, Mwanza
 
Girls dancing, Mwanza school
 
Outskirts of Blantyre
 
Village near Chikwawa
 
Village near Chikwawa
 
House in Chikwawa
 
Market, Chikwawa
 
Pumping water, Chikwawa.
 
Selling fish, Thyolo
 
Measuring maize, Thyolo Market
 
Thyolo Tea Estates
 
Thyolo Tea Estates
 
Thyolo Tea Estates
 
Workers, Thyolo Tea Estates
 
Weighing baskets, Thyolo Tea Estates
 
Workers, Thyolo Tea Estates
 
The road near Thyolo
 
Road to Mulanje
 
View to Mount Mulanje
 
Mosque, Mulanje
 
View to Mount Mulanje
 
Farm in Phalombe
 
Village street market
 
Village market
 

Mwanza, on the western border with Mozambique, is a market town for local produce. Chikwawa, on the west bank of the Shire River, was the first town in Malawi to be seen by European explorers; when visited during David Livingstone’s second Zambesi expedition in March 1859, it was known as Chibisa’s village.

Thyolo is a town 44 kilometres south of Blantyre, near the Thyolo Tea Estates. Tea has grown here since 1908. The estates may be visited, and there are plenty of opportunities for walks and hikes around the scenic estate.