King's Highway Rest Camp

If you haven't been to Lake Malawi before, etch it firmly onto your bucket list: it's one of Africa's Great Lakes and the ninth biggest lake in the world. It's been a popular fishing spot for humans for millennia; if fishing isn't your thing, look out for Nile crocodiles and hippopotamuses wallowing in the shallows, and African fish eagles swooping down onto the water (the lake has more species of fish than anywhere else on the planet). Moving on from the camp, it's an hour and a half's drive to the Rumphi District's capital town of Rumphi and its lively markets, and eight and a half hours down the lake's shores to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lake Malawi National Park – should you be so fortunate to be on an extended trip.