There are nine national parks and reserves in Malawi.

National parks

• Kasungu National Park — situated approximately 165 km north of the capital city, Lilongwe, this is, at over 2,000 km², the second largest of Malawi's parks
• Lake Malawi National Park — designated a National Park in 1980 to protect the unique diversity of tropical fish living in Lake Malawi, some not found anywhere else on earth
• Lengwe National Park — most famed for the nyala antelope, not found in the other northern parks of Malawi
• Liwonde National Park — situated 120 km north of Blantyre, on the banks of the Upper Shire River
• Nyika National Park — the first (certified in 1965), the largest (over 3,000 km²) and the highest (average height 1,800 m)

Game and wildlife reserves

• Majete Wildlife Reserve — in the southwest of Malawi, with an area of 691 km²
• Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve — the smallest of the parks, at 350 km², Mwabvi was adopted by Project African Wilderness in 2007 (PAW is a charitable organisation based in Malawi and the UK)
• Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve — the oldest and largest established reserve in Malawi
• Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve — southwest of the Nyika Plateau, to the north of the South Rukuru River, Vwaza Marsh covers an area of 1,000 km²

Other protected areas

• Lake Chilwa - Ramsar wetland of international importance

Forest reserves

Malawi has a system of forest reserves, the first of which were established over a century ago. Grazing and cultivation have encroached on many forest reserves, and many reserve forests have been replaced with exotic plantation trees including pine and eucalyptus.^[1]

References

External links

• "The Africa Guide".

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