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Mvuu Camp is situated just south of Mvuu Wilderness Lodge on the banks of the Shire River in Malawi`s Liwonde National Park. The activities on offer are the same as Mvuu Wilderness Lodge, but the camp is better suited either to families or those on a budget as rates are very reasonable. A particularly rewarding way of arriving at Mvuu Camp is to take a boat trip from Liwonde Town. This river trip takes you thirty kilometer along the Shire and offers an excellent chance to see game, birds and the lovely scenery of the banks. There are nine comfortable walk in tents with shared facilities and five brick chalets with private bathrooms. A large wood and thatch dining and lounge area is situated nearby and offers a magnificent view upstream to the north. There is also a specially constructed boma for dinners under the stars.
In addition to game viewing activities, the camp`s location is perfect for bicycle trips from the boundary of Liwonde to the local villages outside of the park. You can also opt to stay one night in Ligwangwa, a typical rural Malawian village—a superb cultural experience!
You can view game on foot, on daytime and nighttime game drives, and by boat. Elephant and sable antelope occur in large numbers, as do hippo, crocodile, impala and waterbuck. Leopard, serval and the rare oribi may occasionally be seen. Black rhino have been reintroduced from South Africa`s Kruger National Park, as have zebra, Lichtenstein`s hartebeest, and buffalo from elsewhere within Malawi. Birds are prolific, especially along the Shire River where African fish eagle, palmnut vulture, African skimmer and Pel`s fishing owl are fairly common. Bohm`s bee-eater, Lilian`s lovebird, bat hawk, Livingstone`s flycatcher, whitebacked night heron and brown-breasted barbet are seen. |
