By: Becs and Chris, traveling as a couple, on a trip to: Chizumulu Island, Likoma
The crossing from Likoma was supposed to be 1 hour by motorboat but ended up being about two hours and involving the usual mishaps which seem to mark most of our attempts to get from A...
By: Ilse, a 26 year old female, on a trip to: Chizumulu Island, Likoma
Chizumulu Island is the smaller of two inhabited islands in Lake Malawi, the larger being the nearby Likoma island which together make up the Likoma District.
Both these islands lie just a few kilometres from Mozambique, and are entirely surrounded by Mozambican territorial waters, but belong to Malawi.
Chizumulu can be reached by steamer from the port of Nkhata Bay on the mainland of Malawi.
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MV Ilala, one of the country’s oldest vessels was on the wee hours of Tuesday morning involved in an accident after hitting rocks when it was sailing from Nkhata Bay to Chizumulu and Likoma islands, Malawi Lake Service (MLS) has confirmed the incident.
According to MLS Managing Director, Anton Botes the vessel hit one rock but one of the passengers on board, Criss Manda said the vessel hit three rocks in a row, which were close to a Chizumulu Island.
Botes said the vessel hit the rock after crew failed to notice the shore due to the thick fog that developed as a result of heavy rains.
The maize “shortage” story from Likoma and Chizumulu is disheartening.
But to say that government officials, somewhere in Capital Hill, are yet to come up with a price tag for the maize is not only disheartening, but also surprisingly cruel and an insult to the people of Likoma and Chizumulu, and Malawi by extension.
For the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, the Likoma and Chizumulu “disaster” is an issue that seeks his immediate action, not the promises of “soon”, because the people out there are possibly going on empty stomachs or surviving on non-traditional alternatives that may be expensive or hazardous to health.
Those fish were actually collected at Chizumulu Island, but this information was revealed only at a much later date.
He suggested that the latter occurs at Chizumulu Island and is better known as P.
heteropictus found around Chizumulu, including Membe Island, are devoid of fl markings in the dorsal, although Ribbink and coworkers (1983) reported that they found a single individual at Chizumulu that sported such a fl sub-marginal band.
Tom was heading to Mzuzu, the main town in the north of Malawi, from where I could travel on to Nkhata Bay, the port for the lake ferry.
The lights of fishing boats were strung out in a line extending many miles from Nkhata Bay, but once we were clear of them the only man made things in sight were the boat and the occasional light on the distant shore.
It was sad to have to disembark when we arrived at Chizumulu Island at three in the morning.
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The people of Likoma have complained that government is deliberately starving them by refusing to sell them the maize which is in Admarc depots at Likoma and Chizumulu islands.
Presco Mwamale, Marketing Officer for Likoma Admarc Depot, confirmed that the maize was in depots at Likoma and Chizumulu but that it is not yet ready for sale.
Admarc General Manager Charles Matabwa said he is aware there is maize at Likoma and Chizumulu depots but referred the query to the Agriculture ministry.
Chizumulu Island is the smaller of the two islands but absolutely worth a visit.
There are no special sites to visit but in the middle of the island there is a hill which allows a nice view on to Likoma Island.
If you run out of reading stuff: on Chizumulu is a small library where books can be borrowed if you stay at “Kubira Lodge” There is no bank, no hospital and the Ilala II is coming only once a week!
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, or Lake Niassa after the Yao word for "lake" (officially called Niassa in Mozambique), is the most southerly lake in the Great African Rift Valley system.
About a quarter of the lake area is in Mozambique, this includes the area surrounding the islands of Likoma and Chizumulu.
Today they form lacustrine enclaves: Malawi territory surrounded by Mozambique waters.
In the Diocese of Northern Malawi, the worst affected area is in a remote part of southern Mzimba District in the villages of Mfula, Mgoza, and Kanjuchi where over 800 families have been affected by the crisis.
Other affected areas include: Lupembe, South Karonga; Rumphi and Bolero; Usisya; Chitipa; and Likoma and Chizumulu.
ERD is supplying emergency assistance to the Diocese of Northern Malawi for food such as maize and seeds for the next planting season.
A hotel at Likoma Island, in the northern part of the lake, lodges at Mwaya in Nkhata-Bay and at Chifuyo beach in Karonga, a five star Hotel in Blantyre and another in Lilongwe.
Tourism Minister Mtafu outlined that " Lake Malawi has two beautiful islands, which are Chizumulu, and Likoma.
The Islands were originally from what was then known as Portuguese East Africa, better known today as Mozambique.
Dimidiochromis compressiceps has been on my list for many years, as a fish that I had wanted to keep and breed.
I have observed this fish in the wild in its golden form at Chizumulu Island, Malawi and Cobwe, Mozambique.
This golden form (male, female are both golden), is available to us Cichlid addicts, but the fish does not seem to keep the colour very well under aquarium conditions.
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A more famous close relative is an old favorite: the Red Empress (Prot.
steveni "Taiwan Reef" is often observed at Taiwan Reef just north of Chizumulu Island, as well as Mbamba Bay; Mbamba (Ngkuyo) Bay, and Higga Reef in Tanzania.
Found only over rocky areas with very clear water, it is uncommon in other areas including most local fish stores.
Copadichromis chizumuluensis male at Chizumulu island, lake Malawi.
Stauffer, Jay and Konings, Ad; 2006; "Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species"; Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters; v.
Endemic to Chizumulu island, lake Malawi (Stauffer and Konings, 2006).
A few times a week there is a boat sailing between Likoma and Chizumulu.
The place of departure can change so arrange your transport with the captain one or two days before you want to go.
Usually it takes two or three hours to sail to Chizumulu but if there is no wind the crew will paddle the 11 kilometres to get you there and it can take some eight or more hours!
Scroll down for an underwater photo of a female, photographed underwater at Chizumulu (Chisumulu) Island, showing the spot pattern shared by this and several other Utaka species.
malawicichlids.com /mw08021a.htm (273 words)
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Likoma and Chizumulu islands are visible near the centre of the image
Lake Malawi, originally known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa and Lake Niassa after the Yao word for "lake" (officially, still called Niassa in Mozambique), is the most southerly lake in the Great African Rift Valley system.
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