Chinguni House
Self-catering house, exclusive use · Chinguni Hill, southern sector · Liwonde National Park (African Parks / DNPW)
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Park-run (African Parks)
A whole four-bedroom house to yourselves inside the park, announced in December 2024 and the newest beds in Liwonde. For a full group of ten it works out around $80 a head, which is remarkable value for exclusive use, and the revenue goes to the park.
Why you'd pick it
- The newest accommodation in the park, completed December 2024
- Whole-house privacy inside a national park
- Around $80 per person a night at full occupancy
What's here
- En-suite bathrooms
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
- Fishing
Read from Chinguni House'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
$800 per house per night. International rate; Africa citizens and residents, and Malawian citizens, $600. Whole house, self-catering.
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.