Kande Beach, Malawi Travel Blogs

Kande Beach
Jul 5, 2008 (4 photos)

... in South Africa, well that's where his wife still lived but he was now based in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. He was spending a long weekend at Kande Beach and just so happened to be returning to Lilongwe the same day we were going to be heading there. ...

Kande Beach - Chintheche Strip
Oct 29, 2005 (4 photos)

... had changed! We just basked ourselves in the sun on the edge of the lake for the majority of the day! Now we are in Kande Beach, still on the lake but further south near Nkhata Bay, there is so much tide here that its hard to believe that you are on a ...

Lake Malawi
Jun 1, 2006 (5 photos)

... of time walking around villages, hanging out in local drinking establishments (I wouldn't call a room with a bench / radio a bar) and playing in lake Malawi. Canoeing, cliff jumping, surfing and volleyball. Great country, friendly people... fun times!

Kande Beach, Malawi
Jul 4, 2007 (10 photos)

Finally, some pictures!

Horse riding and swimming
Aug 9, 2006

Arrived at our second beach stop in Malawi yesterday, called Kande Beach...although as the sign says Kande Beach...more than just a campsite! It is a very nice campsite right on the beach. Apparently crocs have been sighted in the lake but its great for ...

Kande Beach
Aug 15, 2008 (14 photos)

... in the stalls were even trying to get the shirt off Bruces back, he wasn't keen to let that go however. We then had 3 nights at Kande Beach.  It is on the side of the lake, not that you would know it was a lake - you can't even see the other ...

Wowee Malawi
Oct 30, 2006

We are enjoying a couple of days of down time at Kande Beach on the western shore of Lake Malawi, a huge water feature of the Great Rift Valley. Catering to overlanders, this casual resort offers us a broad sandy beach, warm gentle surf, a lively bar and ...

Kande Beach
Mar 20, 2008

updating later, don't have time right now.

Meeting Mel Gibson
Jun 9, 2008

... request for my phone number and email address from a local guy sitting next to me. I get at least one a day. When I got to Kande Beach, I had to walk about 3 kms to my guesthouse. The local guys immediately asked if they could escort me but I said no. ...

Top Ten Beach!
Oct 23, 2006

Malawi was great! Very friendly people and (some) nice wooden crafts, sold by very efficient people making sure you buy lots more than intended and much lots more than needed. Harrassing to variable degrees, but obviously very poor and such quite ...

Lake Malawi
Jun 23, 2008 (23 photos)

After a short drive from Chitimba we arrived at Kande Beach on Lake Malawi which was to be our home for the next 3 nights.  Alex and I decided to upgrade to a bungalow for $20 a night and have a few decent nights sleep in a bed.  After dinner we ...

Happy Birthday Steve
Aug 4, 2006 (10 photos)

... Steve's birthday. We certainly celebrated Steve's 29th in style! Not quite the high street fashion, but the fasion in the markets of Malawi! ;) This day we were each given 500 Malawi Kwacha, which 140 Kwacha is about 1 USD. We were given 45 minutes in the ...

Last day on the Lake
Jun 10, 2008

Nothing exciting to report today. Still doing my exercises which is good news. The weather isn't that great here.Very windy and cloudy.I am definitely leaving the Lake tomorrow. I am tired of not doing anything exciting. It doesn't feel like I am in ...

Kande Beach
Feb 15, 2006 (4 photos)

We spent four lovely days here. The campsite was great (yummy chocolate cake) and lake Malawi is crystal clear. We canoed out to the little island and watched all the beautiful fish amongst the rocks. The storms over lake Malawi are amazing. We spent one ...

Kande Beach
May 13, 2005 (3 photos)

... few days here, although we said a sad goodbye to the overland group as they headed on up to Nairobi without us... Kande beach resort is basicially designed for overland trucks, so its pretty basic camping or beach huts on the water front - accompanied ...

Lake Malawi
Apr 16, 2009

Today we headed for Kande beach campsite. There  was very little to do here except to swim, drink and play volley ball.  The previous campsite and this one are Lake Malawi. This lake is massive, so massive in fact that it has tides. The are big& ...

Kande Beach
Nov 22, 2006

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Kande Beach
Jun 25, 2008 (13 photos)

... aggressive and Jace stepped in to calm him down. Jace cleverly turned the tables on him by asking him lots of questions about Malawi (and its friendly people!) and such - thereby negating his opportunity to make a sales pitch to us. With our "good cop - ...

African Massages
Sep 16, 2009 (3 photos)

... what though, the guys in the village would challenge Beyonce in booty shaking any day! The last 2 nights has been at Kande Beach on Lake Malawi. The Lake is so big we've dubbed it 'Ocean Malawi'. We went for a horse ride in the morning (the intermediate ...

Beach on Lake Malawi
May 30, 2003

... Columbus. We were told the next day that the locals had taken to giving themselves western names to help foreigners. Kande beach was a nice stop. Lake Malawi is massive and quite warm for swimming and we got a hut right on the little beach. The next ...

Lake Malawi
Aug 12, 2007 (10 photos)

We spent a couple of days at Lake Malawi.

mad rush to Kande Beach, Malawi for Christmas.
Dec 21, 2005

... eventually at Nkhata Bay 1.00a.m. about. The last 100km or so took I think 2 hours. Low/breaking point = at turn off for Kande beach but already dark and late, I guess around 11p.m. so cannot walk there. conductor suggests I go to Nkhata Bay and go to ...

diving
Aug 22, 2007

... beautiful wooden carvings, so obvioulsy I bought a giraffe that I have no idea how I will get home! slep out side on the beach of lake malawi, under the stars. woke up to find a taod on my sleeping bag. went diving today in the lake, which is at altitude ...

Hooray pictures!
Jul 28, 2007 (14 photos)

Spending a fabulous few days swimming with the Bilharzia snails in gorgeous Lake Malawi. Used up and tucked away my first memory card in the Delta, but have uploaded a few pictures from the trip post-first week. Hope everyone is having a good weekend ...

Beaches Beaches everywhere
Oct 3, 2006

currently taking a few days on the beach to chill and soak up the sun. Kande Beach is on Lake Malawiwhich as you've all guessed in on Malawi. I've had four days here. Relaxing in what can only be described as a mini paradise. The lake is pretty ...

TIA = This is Africa
Jul 9, 2009

... am when the last few retired to their tents having finished the evening in the bar. A few weary traveller around this morning. That's Kande Beach. The 4 travel days or 1,500 km from Dar Es Saleem to Kande Beach was as expected over a bumpy and long road ...

Into Zambia
Sep 26, 2008 (13 photos)

... and finally Malawi we were in high 30s - low 40s. Malawi was hot. Very hot. We have just spent the last 3 nights at Kande Beach again on Lake Malawi. It was nice to stay in one spot for a few days and just relax. The original 6 from the start of our tour ...

Living off the Land
Nov 5, 2007 (18 photos)

... instructor) went diving in afternoon and caught dinner wih my spear gun, cooked fish on barbeque and drunk beer of the beach until setset.. This continued for a couple of weeks, catching and picking dinner every day, caught some chambo and ciclids ...

Dar Es Salaam to Malawi
Feb 6, 2008 (5 photos)

Jambo all! Sorry last entry was short, At last I have no time limit to type this blog, it's pouring with rain outside but still very warm, perfect time for us to catch up and maybe some pic's - Michael is on the case. All great and really enjoying ...

Hitching Hiking Vs Sweat box
Nov 1, 2007 (3 photos)

Made an early start and I head it was quite a long trip to Kande Beach in one day. Walked into town around 6 and managed to find a bus heading to Kande, after around 2 hours it finally set off, I assumed it was already full and definatly already over ...