​Best Time To Visit – Lengwe NP

Philip Briggs
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By Philip Briggs

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of many guidebooks to African destinations, including the Bradt guide to Malawi.

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of many guidebooks to African destinations, including the Bradt guide to Malawi.

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of the Bradt guidebook to Malawi.

Philip is the author of the Bradt guidebook to Malawi.

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Wildlife viewing in Lengwe National Park is best from July to September, during the middle and end of the Dry season (May to October). All water in the bush has dried out then and animals gather at the waterholes. October is extremely hot, which may not suit everyone.

Best Time July to September (Dry bush; animals are easy to find)
High Season June to October (The park never gets very busy)
Low Season mid-November to May (The lodge is usually closed)
Best Weather May to August (It is cooler and hardly ever rains)
Worst Weather November to March (Hot and wet weather)

May to October –Dry Season

  • Best wildlife viewing, with animals found around waterholes
  • It is sunny and rarely rains
  • Malaria risk is present but reduced
  • Sky is very hazy and the bush looks parched
  • October is unbearably hot
  • Mornings are cold from May to August

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November to April –Wet Season

  • The scenery is green and fresh
  • Fewer tourists, and rates might be lower
  • Best birding time as migrant species are present
  • There are many newborn animals
  • Wildlife viewing is better in the Dry season
  • It is very hot and humid
  • Malaria is a bigger concern than in the Dry season
  • Road conditions become bad, and they are sometimes impassable
  • The park and only lodge might close after the first heavy rains, only to reopen in May

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