Mvuu Lodge
Luxury tented lodge among fever trees · Where Namagogodo Lagoon meets the Shire River · Central African Wilderness Safaris
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Top-end
Inside the park
Safari company
The flagship of the park, set where a lagoon meets the Shire. Three of the eight units have plunge pools, and the lodge runs on the quiet-luxury register rather than showy safari style. The operator is a Malawian family-run company founded in 1987 that grew into a multi-property portfolio.
Why you'd pick it
- Suites with private plunge pools at a lagoon-and-river confluence
- Hide viewing, yoga and a community engagement programme
- The most polished address in the park
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
- Birding
- Community visits
Read from Mvuu Lodge'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 about $465 pppn. Around $560 per person sharing from July to November 2026, about $465 in December. The operator publishes no rate card, so these are reseller figures; confirm directly.
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.