Livingstonia

There are 20 hairpin bends along the road.

Livingstonia is perched at 700 metres above Lake Malawi. The road to get there is a series of hairpin bends so tight that the last of them is only 4 km as the crow flies from the town of Chitimba on the lakeshore. However, the drive is 15 km long before reaching the top of the escarpment.

Livingstonia

The mission church started in 1916 and completed 30 years later.

Inside the church.

The town of Livingstonia was founded by Scottish missionaries at the end of the 19^th century. Isolated on the mountain, the town is home to a lodge, a technical college, a university, a hospital, several administrative buildings, and a large church; all dating from the turn of the years 1900.

The church has a stained-glass window with the famous explorer Dr. David Livingstone.

The mission church.

Clock tower.

Entrance to the church.

Clock tower.

The technical college is part of the university.

The student residences are split into men and women's sections.

The university.

The hospital.

Stone House. This house was inhabited by Dr. Robert Laws, one of the founders of the mission.

The Stone House is now a museum relating the story of the mission.

Manchewe Waterfall

A few kilometres from Livingstonia, it is possible to visit the Manchewe Waterfall. It drops from a height of 125 metres.

At the end of 1900s, the local people were hiding in this cave to flee the slavers coming to capture them.

Mushroom Farm

Here is one of the coolest lodges in Malawi (or even in Africa). The site is gorgeous and well thought of as well as being geared toward backpackers. A stay at this place only cost a few dollars and the views at sunset and sunrise are splendid.

At dawn.

My campsite with a superb view.