Chimwala Camp
Meru safari tents in local stone and thatch, perimeter-fenced · Against Chinguni Hill in the southern sector, 15 minutes from the main gate · Liwonde National Park (African Parks / DNPW)
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Park-run (African Parks)
The park's own tented camp, and the only mid-priced full-board option inside Liwonde. It reopened around June 2025 after an extensive renovation, so ignore older descriptions of a 2020-vintage camp. Solar power, gas geysers, two camp hands and a straightforward promise: what you pay funds the park.
Why you'd pick it
- A pool with floodplain views below Chinguni Hill
- Full board plus a daily activity at a mid-range price
- Owned by the park, so your money goes straight to conservation
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- En-suite bathrooms
- Solar or 24h power
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
Read from Chimwala Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Liwonde National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside, and almost no booking site shows you that.
- Park entryPriced per night here, which most parks do not do.
- $30per person, per night
- Vehicle
- $5per vehicle, per day
Two adults sharing one vehicle staying three nights pay $195 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Liwonde National ParkRates
From $150 pppn. International $200 adult, $100 child; Africa citizens and residents, and Malawian citizens, $150 and $75. Family cottage $720 per unit international. Includes all meals and one activity per day; single supplement $50.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We have not been able to check whether meals, drinks and activities are included here, so treat this figure as the bed alone until it is.
Indicative rates gathered July 2026 from operators' own sites, the official African Parks rate sheet and, for Mvuu, third-party rate cards, since the operator publishes none. Always confirm with the lodge. Park fees of $30 per international adult are generally extra, and note that the park prices fees per person per night.