Our new Cottage at Cape Maclear
Kayak Africa have just completed building a beautiful new self catering cottage right on the beach at Cape Maclear. We have long wanted to offer our own accommodation at Cape Maclear for our clients who [...]
Kayak Africa Receives an Award from Malawi Ministry of Tourism
We at Kayak Africa are very excited to have received an award from Malawi's Ministry of Tourism for our "priceless contribution towards the promotion of Malawi as a vibrant tourism destination" in the Destination Marketing [...]
Mumbo one of the Top 100 Hotels in the World
We at Kayak Africa are delighted to announce that Mumbo Island was chosen as one of the Top 100 Hotels in the World in the UK Sunday Times Travel Magazine! Mumbo was one of only [...]
Our Skipper Wins Lake Malawi International Sailing Marathon!
We are so proud of our skipper, Matola Mwawa and his sailing partner Mcford M'bwana Issa for winning their division in the Malawi International Sailing Marathon. They were loaned a Hobie Cat to sail by [...]
The Ministry of Tourism and Kayak Africa at the Outdoor Expo
Kayak Africa and the Malawi Ministry of Tourism shared a stand on this year's Outdoor Expo at the Sandringham Wine Estate outside Paarl in the Western Cape. The ministry was represented by Salad Nthenda and [...]
Spotted Necked Otters Seen Regularly on Mumbo Again!
Our Spotted Necked Otters are to be seen fairly regularly these days on Mumbo Island, having developed a preference for fishing and warming themselves on the rocks below Tent 5. Such a treat for the [...]
University Student Comes to us for his On-Site Training
Kayak Africa are very happy to have a new trainee in Hotel Management seconded to us to do his on-site work experience with our company. Patrick Chipisa is staying with us for five months before [...]
Cape Maclear Primary School Educational Visit to Domwe Island
Kayak Africa has been offering educational trips to Mumbo and Domwe to local schools for three years now in the hope of fostering a sense of community involvement and understanding of the reasons why the [...]
Mumbo Island one of Africa’s Top 50 Sustainable Lodges
Mumbo was recently chosen chosen as one of the Top 50 sustainable lodges in Southern Africa in a new book titled "Africa's Finest". Mumbo is featured in a gorgeous double page spread in the newly-published [...]
Kayak Africa Runs a Kayaking Course for St Andrews School
Saint Andrews Primary School is an international private school based in Blantyre. They recently booked with Kayak Africa to do a two day kayaking course for forty-eight students. Our kayak guides, Edward, Fred, Cleartone and [...]
Kayak Africa CoOrdinates Fire Fighting in Cape Maclear
A number of lodges, cottages and the Billy Riordan Clinic in Cape Maclear have clubbed together to purchase a high pressure water pump and long hose to fight fires in our local village. Because the [...]
We donate a huge bale of clothes to around 300 Local Orphans
In the previous four years, we have made clothes for the orphans looked after by Vision, a local man who runs an informal, but vital, feeding scheme for vulnerable children. This year, instead of using [...]
Easter on Mumbo Island
Easter on Mumbo was chocabloc with a full camp and many happy guests. The weather at this time of year is balmy and we love the busyness of this season. We had a few return [...]
Mumbo Island New Building Developments
During the rainy month of February, we almost completely close the camp on Mumbo (apart from a few intrepid self-catering guests) and spend the time refurbishing and making improvements. Jurie and the carpentry team removed [...]
Mumbo and Domwe Island Chitenje Cushion Covering
As we do every year, we have updated and refreshed all the cushion covers on Mumbo and Domwe with locally bought and printed cotton chitenje fabrics. In the last week of the year, when the [...]
Local School Kids Visit Mumbo as reward for best exam results
Twenty four students and six teachers from Cape Maclear Primary School enjoyed a day trip to Mumbo Island this month. Schools in Malawi were re-opened after the long holiday on 3 September. From last semester's [...]
Past Guests Make Wonderful Donation to Vision’s Orphans
The Chalker family, who recently stayed on Mumbo Island, recently put together a massive load of toys, clothes and gear to donate to Vision's orphanage in Cape Maclear, which they had read about in our [...]
Chef Training on Mumbo Island!
August saw a wonderful week of chef training on Mumbo by the talented Juleta Hirner, who has been training the Mumbo chefs on and off since 2004. It's been a clattering, fragrant roller coaster ride [...]
Kayak Africa supports Mission Malawi 5 Cycle Expedition
In May this year, Kayak Africa put together and supported the fifth Mission Malawi Cycle Tour. Mission Malawi is a biannual charity challenge raising money for HIV/Aids projects run by ActionAid in Malawi, Mozambique and [...]
Mumbo and Domwe Island at the Getaway Show in Cape Town
Kayak Africa had a stand at this year's Getaway Show in Cape Town for the first time in quite a number of years. Director, Clive Bester and long-time reservations person, Bee Roux, manned the stand [...]