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The Cichlid of Lake Malawi
What is a Cichlid? Cichlids ("sick-lids") are, by vertebrate standards, a very large family of
freshwater, perchlike fishes with perhaps more than 1,500 species.
Lake Malawi Cichlid
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Refreshing fresh water at Lake Malawi
Malawi in style
Dive Lake Malawi in style and stay at Club Makokola.
Dive courses at Club Makolo
Scuba Blue’s Dive Centre teaches on site at Club Makolo. The resort offers quality accommodations. You can choose for your own
cottage or superior rooms. more...
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Diver's Tales aims to bring you the extraordinary in dive spots around the world. Experience the special, the mystical off-the-beaten-path places not
yet known to everyone. Enjoy!
Our Diver's Tale this month... Lake Malawi, Malawi
Lake Malawi, Malawi, Afrika
Each of us carries the memory of a special place. A special time. To a fortunate few it is time spent on one of the most beautiful lakeshore beaches
in the world. An extraordinary place known as Lake Malawi. This is a lakeside paradise waiting to be discovered. Close your eyes and you
hear the call of a fish eagle, the lapping of the Lake on the sandy shore.... Open them and gaze across the sparkling Lake at a distant
island, a faraway shore, an infinite blue sky.
Nature has endowed Lake Malawi with the richest variety of tropical fish of any freshwater lake in the world. Up to 500 species of cichlids
are unique to these waters. In 1980, Lake Malawi, Africa's third largest lake, was proclaimed a world Heritage Site.
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If you’re keen on combining underwater exploration with relaxing, the cries of fish eagles, fishermen in dugouts silhouetted against the
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Lake Malawi borders the Lake Malawi National Park and is in the little African country of Malawi. It is 4 hours drive from the cities of either Blantyre or
Lilongwe.
Club Makoloa Scuba Blue’s Dive Center commenced operations on site at
Club Makokola in October 1996. The staff of Scuba Blue have been running a scuba diving center in Malawi since 1986 and are well qualified to
show guests the best dive sites in the area and to cater for all your diving requirements. Scuba Blue runs two open, wooden dive boats which
can cater for a total of 14 divers at a time. Most of their dives are conducted in Lake Malawi National Park waters, on rock reefs or dive
sites around Boadzulu Island.
Chembe Lodge is not your ordinary type of lodge, it has a game lodge type
atmosphere, but yet is situated directly on the beaches of Lake Malawi at Cape MacLear. The accommodation is in walk-in tents and meals are
served on a communal table. They also have a dive shop that offers trips to the lake and scuba instruction.
Venice Beach Backpacker's Lodge is a low-keytraveler's lodge situated on
a long, white, sandy, beach in a small fishing village on the southern shores of Lake Malawi.
 The Lakeshore areas have a low rainfall and a warm relaxing climate with mean daily temperatures ranging from 84°F (29°C) in January to 70°F (21°C) in July. The dry season is between May and October, with rain during the remaining months but particularly between December and
March.
By Air: Direct flights several times a week from most European Capitals to Lilongwe International Airport.
By Car: From Lilongwe Airport it is about four hours by car to Lake Malawi.
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