Kayak Africa is 25 this year!
Mumbo and Domwe Islands were proclaimed part of the Lake Malawi National Park in 1980. Kayak Africa founded the camps on Mumbo Island and Domwe Island in 1994 and have built up the camps and run [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
School Visits to the islands continue this year
Between Joseph Kamanje, manager at Kayak Africa, and staff of the Lake Malawi National Parks, two successful visits by students at Cape Maclear Primary School were arranged this month. The top three pupils in each [...]
We built a Yacht!
In our carpentry workshop a little way down the beach from Reception, a team of carpenters working under Jurie's guidance have built a wooden yacht, from scratch! It was finished in mid-February and a yacht [...]
Kayak Africa a finalist in three categories of Imvelo Awards
The Kayak Africa team was thrilled at the nomination of our Mumbo Island Camp as a finalist in three categories at the recent 2011 Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism. The three categories were: Best overall [...]
Expedition up the northern Tanzanian shore of Lake Malawi
Kayak Africa completed a successful lake expedition covering approximately 1160 km in our faithful old wooden boat, Nankapakapa. The two American guests were treated to three days kayaking along the Livingstone Mountains on the Tanzanian [...]
Home made pasta (and a new home industry) on the island!
The latest great innovation on Mumbo Island is the making of home made, fresh pasta in our island kitchen. Our innovative island manager, Mare, managed to procure two pasta machines from friends who no longer [...]
New clothes for Vision’s orphans from our old cushions
Again this year we redecorated with fresh chitenje cloths - with which Billy Bwanali the local tailor, re-covered all our cushions. We then paid for him to make last year's faded, but good, covers into [...]
Staff Achievements and Qualifications
We are very pleased to announce that Joseph Kamanje, the charming man who meets you on arrival at reception at Cape Maclear, and runs our office there, has achieved 96% in the Tourism and Travel [...]