ʻO kaʻekolu nui loa o nā Lakes Nui oʻAmelika,ʻo Lake Malawi kahi i kokoke i ka hapakolu o ka'āina i hoʻouluʻia i Malawi. ʻO ke kai kahi 360 mile ka lōʻihi a he 52 mau mile ka laulā, a no laila iʻikeʻia e kekahi e like me ka Mahina Kalani. ʻAʻoleʻo Malawi wale nō ka'āina i ka palena o ke kai. Hoʻopili pūʻo Mozambique a me Tanzania i kona mau kahakai, a ma ia mau'āina i kapaʻiaʻo Lago Niassa a me Lake Nyasa.
Ma nā wahi a pau āu e kipa aku ai,ʻo ke kahawai o ke kai,ʻo ka wai hou a me nā kahakai gula ke kālai nei i kā lākou kūkala kūʻokoʻa.
Nā Mea Hoʻohanohano
ʻOiaiʻaʻole maopopo i ka makahiki o ke kai, manaʻo kekahi poʻe kālaihonua e hoʻomaka ana ka loko iʻa e hoʻomaka i kahi 8.6 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Inā ua hāʻawiʻo ia i kekahi kumu waiwai nui o ka wai a me ka meaʻai na ka poʻe e noho ana ma kahakai mai ka manawa o nā poʻe mua loa oʻAmelika. ʻO ka Europa mua loa eʻike i kona kahakai he mea kāpena Portuguese i ka makahiki 1846; a ma hope o 13 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hōʻeaʻo David Livingstone kaulana kaulana loa. Ua hāʻawiʻo ia i ka moana i kona inoa Tanzania,ʻo Lake Nyasa, a hāʻawi pū aku iʻelua mau mīkini mehameha - ke Lake o Stars a me ka moana o nāʻino.
I ka makahiki 1914, ua lilo ka Lake Malawi i kahua o kahi o nā poʻo mua o ke Kaua Honua Mua, i ka wā i hoʻokūʻia ai kahi pūkuniahi Pelekane ma luna o ka moana i ke ahi ma luna o kahi moku pūmoku German i kēlā'āpana. Ua pilikia ka moku o German i ka pōʻino, a ua hoʻokalakī ka British i ka hōʻailona ma keʻano he lanakila mua o ka hoʻoili kaua.
I kēia lā,ʻo ke kahawai paha ka mea kaulana loa no ka nui o kāna mea kanu. Ua kūkuluʻiaʻo Lake Malawi National Park no ka mālamaʻana i nā iʻa cichlid nani o ka moana, a he nui nāʻanoʻano likeʻole he nui, kahi kokoke i nā mea hope loa. ʻO kēiaʻano iʻa nui i hoʻololiʻia he kī nui i ko mākouʻike o ka loiloi hou i kēia manawa.
ʻO ke Kai Kūʻono
ʻO ke kahakai ke wahi i kipaʻia ma Lake Malawi, no ka mea,ʻo ia ka mea maʻalahi loa mai Lilongwe a me Blantyre. ʻO ka kahakai maikaʻi loa ma Senga Bay, e like paha, he 1.5 mau hola wale nō mai ke kaona mai, aʻo ka moku Mangochi o ka moana kahi i hiki ke komo maikaʻiʻia ma o Blantyre. ʻO ka hopena ma kahi o nā lumi nui o ka moana, a uaʻikeʻia no kona mau kahakai'ōlohelohe a me nā wai mālie. ʻO kaʻoihana kaulana loa ma ke kahakai o Malawi ma ka hema,ʻo ia ka Cape Maclear. Ma kahi kokoke i ka piko o Nankumba Peninsula, ua alohaʻiaʻo Cape Maclear no kona kahakai keʻokeʻo, nā waiʻeleʻele a me nā mokupuni'ē aʻe.
Ke Central a me ke Komohana Kai
ʻO ka'āinaʻo Lake Malawi ma waena o ke kahawai a me ka'ākau o ka'āpana,ʻaʻole i emi loa ka uluʻana, a no laila, e hoʻolimalima maikaʻi i ka poʻe makemake e hele i kahi lōʻihi. ʻO ka nui o nā hana ma kēia wahi e hoʻopuni ana i ke kūlanakauhale lawaiʻaʻo Kaukā Bay, nona ka inoaʻo Chikale Beach no kona mau wai mālie a me kona ola iʻa nui. Nui nā keʻena e koho ai maiʻaneʻi. Aia ma ke kūkulu hema o Kauka Bay ke kahakaha nei i nā hoʻopiʻi kiʻi kūpono o Kande Beach a me Chintheche; ʻoiaiʻo Nkhotakota kahi koho nui loa no nā mea aloha. E hoʻohui i kou noho ma ke kipa aku ma ka Hui Lahui Kanaka o Nkhotakota, ka home i ka heluna o nā elepani a me 130 mau manu manu.
Likoma Island
Aia ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o ke kai,ʻo Likoma Island kahi no Malawi akā hāʻule i loko o nā wai o Mozambique. ʻO ia kahi hale i kahi halepule nui i kūkuluʻia i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka makahiki 1900, a me kahi mau kau kaʻa wale nō, ua kaulanaʻo iaʻo kekahi o nā wahi maluhia ma ka moana. Nui nā kahakai kahi e holo ai i ka lā, aʻo kayakaka e hele a hele i uka nei he mau hoʻohui nui i kahi holoʻokoʻa Likoma. Hoʻololi nā hoʻololi mai nā kāʻei hope-back i nā keʻena liʻiliʻiʻelima. ʻO ka loaʻaʻana iā Likoma Island ka hapalua o ka leʻaleʻa. Hoʻolālā i ka hoʻolālā kiʻi mai Lilongwe aiʻole e hele i kahi huakaʻi ma ka mea meleʻo MV Ilala.
Hana Malawi
ʻO Malaka Malawi he paradaiso ia no ka poʻe e hauʻoli ana i nā hana wai e like me ka holoʻana, kaʻauʻau, ka makani a me kaʻauwai wai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kauhale a me nā hokele e hoʻolako i nā hana lawaiʻa,ʻo ka poʻe i makemake e noho ma lalo o ka wai aʻaʻole ma luna o laila e hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokomo i kekahi kāheko maoli a me ka luʻu wai.
ʻO ka wai iʻoi aku kaʻoluʻolu a me ka nani o ka wai,ʻo ia ka wahi maikaʻi loa e hōʻoia ai ka lole. ʻO kaʻoihana maikaʻi loa ma kahi o Mumbo Island (kokoke i Cape Maclear), a i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hoʻolaha ana ke kai i nā mele meleʻekolu lā i kapaʻiaʻo "Lake of Stars Festival". Ma hope o ka hopena o kahi lāʻoihana, e hoʻolālā i ka meaʻai i ka wā e mahalo ai i ka lā o ka lā,ʻo ka pia Malawian.
Lake Malawi Accommodation
ʻO Malaka Malawi kekahi wahi i makemake nuiʻia no nā kāpili hope no nā makahiki he nui, he mea iʻikeʻia e kāna koho nui o ka nohona kālā. Ma ka mokupuniʻo Likoma, Mango Drift Lodge e hāʻawi aku i kahi mau kealakai kahakai, nā hale noho a me nā wahi hoʻomoana, a he wahi kahakai a me ka haleʻaina. He koho maikaʻi loaʻo Kande Beach ma ke kai komohana, me nā koho no ka hoʻomoana a me kaʻaiʻana. ʻO nā mea e hele ana i Cape Maclear e nānā i ka Gecko Lounge, kahi hoʻihoʻi hope backpacker piha me ka haleʻaina, kahi haleʻaina a me nā hana hana wai.
Ma ka hopena o ke kēmu, kahi haleʻo Kikai Mawaʻo Likoma Island kahi hilinaʻi o ka leʻaleʻa, me nā hale hoʻokipa hoʻokele e hoʻonaniʻia i nāʻano kāhiko maikaʻi. ʻO kekahi poʻe he mau poho pohō piha, a he mea maikaʻi nā malihini a pau mai ka spa, kaʻaina a me ka haleʻaina. ʻO Pumulani kekahiʻano hoʻopiʻi likeʻole ma kahi o Cape Maclear me kahi wai pihaʻole a me 10 mau papa hana hoʻokahi; oiaiʻo Makuzi Beach Lodge ma Chintheche he wahi maikaʻi loa ia ma ke komohana o ke komohana kaulana no konaʻona nani a me kona mau manaʻo kai piha piha.
Loaʻa i laila
Ināʻoe e hele ana i kahakai, hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kahi kaʻa kū moku ma Mangochi a me Monkey Bay, a mai laila e hoʻonohonoho i kahi kiʻi me kāu loina a hōkele paha. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i mua e ka kaʻa kaʻa'āina. Loaʻa ka Likoma Island ma luna o ka mokulele aiʻole ma o ka MV Illala, kahi kula kaiapuniʻo Lake Malawi i Monkey Bay e hāʻawi pū ana hoʻi i nā lawelawe kūleʻa i nā wahi'ē aʻe e pili ana i ke kahakai moana. Inā makemakeʻoe e hele ma ke ala e hele ai i ke kūkulu'ākau, e lawe i kahi kaʻa kū moku ma Mzuzu, Karonga, aʻo Nkhata Bay paha. ʻO ke kūʻaiʻana i kahi kaʻa heʻano'ē aʻe, no ka mea, maʻalahi ka mālamaʻana i nā alanui.
Ua hoʻopau houʻia kēiaʻatikala a ua kākau houʻia e Jessica Macdonald ma ka lā 7 o Nowemapa 2017.