Malawi tailor-made holidays

Malawi, known as the 'Warm heart of Africa', is renowned for its friendly people, unspoiled landscapes and diversity of animal and birdlife.

This eight-day Robin Pope-run itinerary offers you a week of complete relaxation in truly remote settings. You'll combine a few days on safari in Majete, Malawi's only Big Five reserve, with a few more on the beautiful shores of Lake Malawi, where you can enjoy the beach and boat safaris.

Named after the species of robin that calls the lodge’s verdant gardens home, Heuglin’s Lodge is ideally located in the leafy suburbs of the Malawi capital, Lilongwe. Lovingly converted from a private residence, it’s a home between safaris or to explore the city from.

Situated along the shores and a beautiful beach of Lake Malawi on Likoma Island, this is a romantic, contemporary, rustic yet chic property.

This charming lodge overlooks the vast plains and rolling grasslands of Malawi’s Nyika National Park, a region home to plentiful wildlife, including zebra, eland, elephant and leopard.

On a small tropical island in the heart of the mighty Lake Malawi, Mumbo Island Camp provides guests with a truly unique wilderness experience in an unforgettable setting.

Lake Malawi is the world's eighth largest lake and the third largest of the Great Lakes of Africa. With shorelines in Tanzania, Mozambique as well as Malawi, it's also known as Lake Nyasa and evocatively, as the Lake of Stars.

Lilongwe, Malawi's sleepy capital, lies on the banks of the Lilongwe River. It's small and separated into two distinct parts, old and new. The old town, to the south, is livelier than it's newer counterpart, with buzzing local markets and crafts shops interspersed with cafés and local eateries.

Malawi has nine national parks. They are exceptionally diverse, ranging from the sprawling northern highlands of the Nyika National Park to the smallest and newest, Mwabvi Game Reserve in the south of the country.