Hiking

Walking on Mount Mulanje

From a day on the lower slopes to several days crossing the plateau, sleeping in the mountain huts and climbing Sapitwa. Edgison walks it with you and arranges what the mountain requires.

Ask Edgison what suits you

A walker with a backpack scrambling up a lichen-covered granite slab on the way to Sapitwa Peak.

What it costs

Prices and length

Self-catering

He guides; you carry your own food and settle the mountain's own fees.

A day walk: $25
Two or three days on the plateau: $75

Park fees, hut fees and porter fees are not included, and you bring your own food.

Full board

Everything the mountain charges for is in the price, and you are fed.

A day walk: $100 per person
Two or three days on the plateau: $220 per person

Park fees, hut fees, porter fees and meals are included.

These are approximate prices in US dollars. What a trip actually costs depends on how many of you there are, how long you want on the mountain and what you want arranged, so ask Edgison and he will tell you the figure for your trip. Sapitwa, the summit, is reached on the two- or three-day hikes rather than in a day.

On the mountain

Where you go

The Mulanje massif seen from Likhubula at the foot of the mountain, across open grass and trees in morning light. — **Likhubula** Where most walks start, at the foot of the mountain.

The rounded granite dome of Chambe peak above green and rocky slopes. — **Chambe Peak** The great rounded dome on the western side of the massif.

Chambe peak rising above a wide field of golden plateau grass under towering white cloud. — **Chambe Plateau** Open grassland below the peak.

Walkers on the boulders at the summit of Sapitwa Peak beside the summit marker, under a clear blue sky. — **Sapitwa Peak** 3,002 m — the highest point in Malawi.

Sunrise seen from the top of Sapitwa Peak, the summit marker silhouetted against an orange horizon above the cloud. — **Sunrise from Sapitwa** Worth the early start.

A group of walkers framed in the tall arched mouth of a cave near Sapitwa Peak, looking back towards the light. — **The cave near Sapitwa** A place where elders still leave offerings.

Dziwe la Nkhalamba — a waterfall dropping down a granite slab into a deep green pool ringed by forest. — **Dziwe la Nkhalamba** The waterfall and pool below the mountain.

Tents pitched on sand beside Malosa pool on the Mulanje plateau, with the massif behind in evening light. — **Malosa pool** A camping spot up on the plateau.

A still tarn on the plateau reflecting low cloud, ringed by grass and scree below grey crags. — **The blue lagoon, Lujeri** A still tarn ringed by crags.

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