Luwawa Forest Lodge is located on the Viphya Plateau 10km east of the main road between Kasungu and Mzuzu.
Formerly a Forestry Department property, it has been a rest house for many years now and has a row of cottage rooms which sleep up to 4 people dormitory style in the main garden area, some more rooms in the grounds including two self contained houses which can sleep families or groups of friends. Accommodation is very basic.
There is a large lounge & dining area with a big open fire which is most welcome in the cooler winter months. The climate up here is generally quite fresh compared to the lower lying lake shores and southern highlands of Malawi.
Activities offered here include mountain biking and walking trails which stretch from the plateau down the escarpment to Lake Malawi. The lodge has large gardens leading to a dam and surrounded by forrestry plantations and areas of indigenous woodlands. The plantlife and birding in this area is excellent.
Note that the accommodation and food is very basic here and it's really more geared to school groups and outward bound type challenges, hiking and fly camping in the hills can be arranged.
