"Beautiful Lake Malawi" Top 5 Page for this destination Malawi by Bwana_Brown

Malawi Travel Guide: 591 reviews and 1,201 photos

Grand Beach resort - Lake Malawi - Malawi

While living in Zambia, I had the opportunity to visit Malawi three times, with two of those trips (1973 and 1974) being to a great resort area on the southern end of Lake Malawi at Salima, not far from Lilongwe. The first of these visits was with my Danish workmate, Torben, while the second was with with my soon-to-be wife, Susan. This page covers some of my memories of those visits from almost 30 years ago! Photo taken from a rocky outcrop at the end of the Grand Beach resort at Salima - looking down onto the main area as the waves roll in from Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa in those days!).

Pros and Cons

Pros:In those days, friendly and inexpensive
Cons:Strict rules as to dress code
In a nutshell:A great country then, now trying to survive today's problems

Last visit to Malawi: Apr 1975
Intro Updated Dec 27, 2002
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Reviews (6)

Carlsberg Meets Propeller - 30 Years Later - Malawi

Malawi 'Carlsberg' Glass Local Customs (2)

These old beer glasses from Malawi are still going strong 30 years later! Here, is one of the two performing its job... more travel advice

No 'Hippies' Allowed Local Customs (2)

In those days, Malawi had a reputation as the strictest country around regarding their dress-code. If you turned up at... more travel advice

The Great East Road Transportation (1)

Our two trips to Grand Beach were done by car from Luanshya, Zambia - a 600-mile trip each way. Once past Lusaka, the... more travel advice

Service Above and Beyond Restaurants (1)

The resort's restaurant was run on the old British tradition, that is, very orderly. I have never recovered from my... more travel advice

Hotels (2)
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Comments (39)

lynnehamman May 3, 2009 at 6:25 AM Report Abuse

Sounds like that was a great family holiday, with your kids!The bungalow looks perfect. And love the picture of the Boabab tree. You would not get potato crisps into Australia too-or anything else that is edible. They are SO strict about that at customs.
kyoub Mar 31, 2009 at 4:37 AM Report Abuse

Funny custom, the border haircuts. Interesting page about your visits to Malawi.
Jenniflower Mar 24, 2009 at 4:35 AM Report Abuse

Lovely page Glenn! A family friend is a missionary here, she has her work cut out for her. This country does have o much going for it, doesn't it?
nora_south_africa Apr 13, 2008 at 10:11 AM Report Abuse

nice tips
scottishvisitor Mar 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM Report Abuse

Nice again to go down memory lane with you! What a pity hippies are not allowed haircuts can hurt sometimes!
jadedmuse Oct 1, 2007 at 8:03 PM Report Abuse

Fascinating how "strict" Malawi was (still is?) regarding length of hair, etc. How peculiar. Beautiful lake.
Mikebb Sep 30, 2007 at 3:27 PM Report Abuse

Hi , very interestering, I joined a Charity, Water for Malawi 6 months ago, a small group of people who provide wells for remote villages, amazing what $1500 provides for a village.
traveldave Jun 4, 2007 at 1:27 PM Report Abuse

Lake Malawi looks like a great place to relax and do nothing.
calcaf38 Apr 15, 2007 at 8:31 AM Report Abuse

Thank you for visiting my El Remate page. Your Malawi page is very interesting. I envy you all the experiences you have had!
Vulindlela Mar 26, 2007 at 2:18 PM Report Abuse

Interesting! Would love to visit!