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Chelinda Lodge

Situated on the high northern plateaus of Malawi, Chelinda Lodge is a luxurious escape, surrounded by rolling hills, lakes and streams, and with a good variety of wildlife to spot from your game drives and walks.

Nyika Plateau, Nyika Plateau and northern Malawi, Malawi

Explore on foot with you guide to find the huge herds of Roan Antholope and Eland which live on the Nyika Plateau
The orchids on the Nyika Plateau are breathtaking
Climb Fingera Rock for the ultimate view across the Plateau
Explore the vast Nyika Plateau - said to resemble the Lake District - and spot some of its resident wildlife

Malawi is dotted with rolling plateaus, the most famous and largest of which is the Nyika Plateau, found in the far north of Malawi. The Nyika National Park, at an altitude of around 2,500m, is a beautiful vista of rolling hills, dotted with over 250...

The plateau is also known for its pine plantations – vast swathes of bottle-green, towering trees, their rich scent drifting downwards in the early evening. The game here is easily visible – herds of zebra, eland, reedbuck and roan, with occasional (but becoming more frequent) sightings of leopard, spotted hyena and the elusive several. Last time we stayed we found a juvenile leopard...

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Take a walk across the rolling hills with your guide, spotting vast herds of eland as you go, before returning to the lodge for Amarula coffee in front of their roaring log fire!

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Nyika Plateau, Nyika Plateau and northern Malawi, Malawi

Chelinda Lodge is situated in the 2607m high Nyika Plateau in the Nyika National Park, a vast, untouched, beautiful wilderness area, home to eland, roan antelope zebra, reedbuck, bushbuck, klipspringer, duiker, warthog, bushpig and blue monkey.

Chelinda Lodge can be reached by a ten hour international flight to Lilongwe Airport in Malawi, followed by a domestic flight and short road transfer.

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