MAJOR TOURISTIC ATTRACTION SITES IN MALAWI

MALO OKOPA ALENDO  MMALAWI

In the land of Malawi formally known as Nyasaland; a country in southern Africa where peace and tranquillity reigns, there are numerous places with beautiful scenes capable of attracting tourist.

Mdziko la Malawi lomwe limatchedwa kuti Nyasalande kalero. Dziko lamtendere lopezeka kumwera kwa Afirika kuli malo ambirimbiri owoneka bwino okhala ndikuthekera kokopa alendo.

Tourism is another major source of revenue (that Malawi government uses to fund its national budget). Due to the wake of the novel corona virus pandemic, Tourism in Malawi has been adversely affected having seen a drop in number of local and international tourists that visit different beautiful places around the country. For international tourists this has been the case due to some travelling restrictions imposed by different countries.

Ntchito zokopa alendo ndi msanamira imodzi yachuma yaboma. Malingana ndi matenda a covid-19 ntchito zokopa alendo zakhuzika munjira zambiri potengeranso kuchepa kwa chiwerengero cha anthu akumudzi kuno komanso akunja omwe amayendera malo okopa alendo osiyanasiyana.

Despite this negative impact, the fact still stands that Malawi has beautiful touristic attraction sites naturally distributed in all the four regions of Malawi and almost in each and every district.

Kupatula mavuto omwe ntchitoyi ikukumana nawo, Malawi lilibe ndi malo osangalasa mmzigawo zonse zinayi ndi pafupifupi m’boma lililonse.

LAKE MALAWI

NYANJA YA MALAWI

This is the third largest lake in Africa and of course the ninth largest lake in the world. Lake Malawi is also known as lake of stars and the calendar lake having 12 main rivers that flow into the lake, measuring 52 miles in its widest point and 365 miles long.
It has fresh water all over and this has favoured the presence of great number of fish species that are estimated to be over 500 species of fish of which in it is over 1000 species of cichlid specie. Chambo is also another tasty species of fish that is found nowhere else but in Lake Malawi only.

Iyi ndi nyanja yomwe ili yachitatu kukula mu Afirika muno ndipo yachisanu ndi chinayi padziko lonse lapansi. Nyanjayi imatchedwanso kuti nyanja ya nyenyezi komanso nyanja ya kalendala potengera kuti ili ndi misinje pafupifupi khumi ndi iwiri yomwe imathira munyanjamu ndipo ndi yayitali pafupifupi 52 mayilosi mulifupi ndi 365 mayilosi mulitali.
Nyanjayi ilinso ndi madzi abwino omwe anapangisa kuti mmanjamu muzipezeka msomba zamitindu yosiyanasiyana yoposa makamu asanu ndi mtundu wa cichlid kukhala ndi mitundu ina ing’onoing’ono yoposa chikwi chimodzi. Chambo ndi nsomba yokhayo yokoma yomwe imapezeka mmunyaja mokhamu padziko lonse lapansi.

Northern Region Water Board took advantage of Lake Malawi as a source of portable water that it distributes throughout the districts in the Northern parts Malawi. Currently Salima-Lilongwe water project (a billion-kwacha water project) is under way that is designed to provide water in almost all parts of Lilongwe city and surrounding districts from Salima (a district along the lake shore areas). Khato Civils has been identified as a company to implement the construction of the project.

Kampani yopopa ndikugawa madzi ya NRWB inatengeraponso mwayi pogwiritsa ntchito madzi amunyanjamu popopa ndi kugawa madzi otetezeka kwa anthu okhala mmaboma akuchigawo chakumpoto. Pakadali pano boma lili pakalikiliki okhazikisa ntchito yopopa madzi kuchoka kusalima kupita ku mzinda wa lilongwe ndipo kampani ya Khayo civils ndiyo ikugwira ntchitoyi.

Apart from easing drinking water problems in Malawi, Lake Malawi has also led to the growth of the business sector having different crafts and art, lodges and hotels situated along the beautiful beaches of Lake Malawi.
The entertainment sector has also developed having the beaches of Lake Malawi as venues for different music shows and other talent show case.

Kupatula kuchepesa mabvuto akusowa kwa amadzi akumwa, nyanjayinso yathandizira kukula kwa mabizinesi ndi malonda azosemasema komanso malo ogona amene amapezekera mmphepete mwa nyanja yi.
Ntchito za msanguluso nazo zatukuka kamba ka nyanjayi potengera kuti zochitikachitika ndi zisangalalo za oyimba ndi ena aluso zimachitikira kunyanjaku.

Recently some parts of the lake have been turning green due to heavy rainfall. According to the department of fisheries this is as a result of phytoplankton bloom of cyan bacteria and has an impact on people’s lives and of course the lives of fish species in the Lake if consumed in large volumes. This is not a strange threat having seen a drastic increase in the extinction of some fish species in the lake over the past years.
Massive efforts are being put in place to protect the available fish species of which one of them is the implementation of closed fishing season and confiscation of illegal fishing nets.

Posakhalisapa magawo ena anyanjayi anayamba kusintha mtundu kuyamba kubiriwira kamba ka mvula ya mphavu. Kutengera ndi amnthambi yowona za kawezedwe ndi chisamaliro cha nsomba iwo anati izi zili choncho kamba kakumera kwa mtundu wina wa ndere zammadzi ndipo izi zikuyika miyoyo ya anthu komanso nsomba pachiwopsezo ngati madzi wa angamwedwe kwambiri. Izi sizoziziswa potengera kuti mzaka zapitazi mitundu ina yansomba yakhala ikusowa mnyanjayi.
Boma lili pakalikiliki oteteza nsomba pokhazikisa malamulo a nyengo yoyenera kuwedza nsomba komanso kulanda ma ukonde osavomerezeka ndi boma.

In the southern end of Lake Malawi is Lake Malawi National Park which acts as a reserve for different types of wild animals. the park is also one of the protected parks and national heritage site.

Kumwera kwa nyanjayi kuli malo ena osungira nyama zakuthengo otchedwa Lake Malawi National Park. Malowa ndi otetezeka kwambiri.

MULANJE MOUNTAIN

PHIRI LA MULANJE

A tall geological inselberg capable of being seen hanging out in the air from afar, 65km east of the commercial city of Malawi (Blantyre) and in Mulanje district is Mulanje Mountain.

Mwala wachilengedwe oyima modabwisa, okhala ndikuthekera kowonekera kuchokera kutali, opezeka pafupifupi mtunda wa 65km kummawa kwa mzinda wamalonda wa Blantyre, m’boma la Mulanje ndiwo umapezekera , dzina lake Phiri la Mulanje.

This is one of tallest mountains in Africa having it tallest peak called Sapitwa at 3002 metres above the sea level. It is considered to be the second tallest mountain in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro.

Ili ndi Phiri lachiwiri lalitali muno mu Afirika kutsatira Phiri la Kilimanjaro. Malo ena otchedwa Sapitwa omwe ali pafupifupi mtunda wa 3002 meters kuchokera pansi ndi malo aatali pa phiri li.

Since time immemorial Mulanje mountain has attracted a lot of tourists.  Sky diving and mountain hiking also take time to time at this scenery.
Sports such as marathon of Kuchawe race has also been one of the famous competitions that takes place in the mountain.

Mumbiri yake, Phiri La Mulanje lakhala likukopa alendo osiyanasiyana. Masewero odumpha pamwamba, kukwera phiri komanso othamanga monga a Kuchawe akhala akuchitika nthawi ndi nthawi mu phiri li.

Due to tourism, areas around Mulanje mountain have greatly developed. This pushed for increased number of lodges around Mulanje boma.

Chifukwa cha ntchito zokopa alendo, madera  ozungulira phiri li a Mulanje boma atukuka tsopano. Izi zapangisanso kuchuluka kwa chiwerengero cha nyumba zogona alendo.

Mount Mulanje is rich in bauxite mineral. But this mineral cannot be mined because the mining process of bauxite can greatly affect the environment and the mountain ecosystem in general. Bauxite mining also requires a lot of electricity of which due to already power shortages in Malawi, it cannot be implemented.

Phiri la Mulanje ndilodalisidwa ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ya bauxite. Miyalayi siingatheke kuchosedwa kamba koti izi zitha kuwononga chilengedwe komanso mphamvu za magesi amene amafunika ndizosakwanira potengera ndi vuto lakuthimathima kwa magesi lomwe lilipo kale mdzikoli.

Locally Mulanje mountain has been known as a mystical mountain as rumours has it that any person who visits Sapitwa peak does not come back alive as it is the home of ancestral spirits. Rumours also has it that in the past people hiking the mountain have been finding already cooked and served food in await for them to eat and it was mandatory that once a person meets that luck he should eat the food alone and finish all of it without inviting his fellow friends on the hike. And if he hesitates to do so, he could meet strange things along the way and most of them did not make it back home.

Anthu amati phiri li ndi phiri la Midzimu kamba ka mphekesera zoti anthu ena akhala akusowa kumalowa. Ndiponso amati anthu akhala akupeza chakudya chophikidwa kale muphiri li chikuwadikira kuti iwo adye ndipo monga mwa chikhalidwe chake munthu umayenera usayitanire mnzako chakudyacho ndipo umalidze chonse. Kulephera kutsatira izi munthu umakumana ndi zinthu zoyipa ngati chilango chako munjira ndipo ambiri samakwanisa kubwerera kwao.

On the base of Mulanje mountain is a hot spring dam known as Dziwe la Nkhalamba (elders dam).
Numerous numbers of tributaries run down the top of the mountain like cardiovascular veins.
Recently operations are still underway to harness water in Mount Mulanje to Blantyre city.

Kuphirilinso kuli damu la madzi otentha lotchedwa Dziwe la nkhalamba.
Misinje yambiri idalukanalukana mozungulira phiri li ngati misempha yodusamo magazi.

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Malo ena okopa alendo

this is a rock found along the Thyolo road near Mtambanyama. During the construction of Thyolo-Mulanje road, contractors had to construct the road in another way round the rock because the rock kept on returning to its original spot when removed.

uwu ndi mwala omwe umapezeka mphepete mwa nsewu wa Thyolo pafupi ndi pa Mtambanyama. Panthawi yomwe amamanga nsewu wochoka ku Thyolo kupita ku Mulanje, akatswiri azomangamanga analambalala mwalawu kamba koti akauchosa umabwerera okha pamalo pake.

this rock is found in Cape Maclear, lake Malawi National Park and it is one of the protected rocks by UNESCO.
This rock has tattoos and scars created by early local inhabitants of Malawi known as Akafula (dwarfs).
This rock is considered to be a sacred rock due to its healing powers as its rock fragments were used by local traditional healers to heal different kinds of diseases.

mwala uwu umapezeka ku cape Maclear, ku Lake Malawi National park ndipo ndi mwala otezedwa ndi bungwe la UNESCO.
Mwalawu uli ndi zilema komanso mphini zomwe zinapangidwa ndi Akafula omwe amakhala kumalawi kuno kalero. Mwalawu umatengedwa kukhala mwala wopambana kamba koti ziduswa zake zili ndi mphamvu yamachiliso ndipo akatakwe amankhwala azisamba akalero adakhala akuchiza matenda osiyanasiyana kuchokera pa mwala wu.