So the last day of our stay here in Malawi has arrived. We spent last night at the Kiboko Town Hotel in Lilongwe, and we now have about 6 hours until our flight. Yesterday we arrived here in Lilongwe after a long drive back to Malawi from South Luangwa Park in Zambia where we were on a safari.

The safari could hardly have gone any better. Our package included round-trip transport from Lilongwe to the park (but since Namitete is on the way, they were able to pick us up there on Monday morning), three nights at a nice campsite right on the Luangwa River, and four game drives into the park (two each on Tuesday and Wednesday). Oh, and it also included all meals which were quite good. We had an excellent guide, Ackim, who had been doing this since the 80s. He was quite gifted at spotting animals that were difficult to find (particularly the leopard). Since it is the rainy season, it was more difficult to see some things because A) there was so much tall grass and B) much of the park was inaccessible due to all the water (and marshy mud) on the ground. But this made the landscape prettier and also meant much fewer other cars driving around. And we manages to see just about every animal we could have hoped for.

So enough boring typing. Here are the pictures.