Nyanja yachitatu yayikulu kwambiri ku Nyanja Yaikulu ya ku Africa, Lake Malawi imadutsa pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a dziko la Malawi lomwe silinalowe. Nyanja ili pafupifupi mailosi 360 ndi makilomita 52 m'mbali, ndipo kotero amadziwika bwino ndi ena monga Kalata Lake. Malawi si dziko lokhalo lokhaloloka malire pa nyanja. Mozambique ndi Tanzania akugwiranso ntchito m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndipo m'mayiko amenewo amadziwika kuti Lago Niassa ndi Lake Nyasa.
Kulikonse kumene mukuyendera, madzi abwino, madzi atsopano ndi mabombe a golidi amapanga maonekedwe awo osiyana.
Mfundo Zokondweretsa
Ngakhale kuti nyanjayi siidziwika bwanji, akatswiri ena amakhulupirira kuti nyanjayi inayamba kupanga zaka 8.6 miliyoni zapitazo. Zikanatipatse gwero lamtengo wapatali la madzi abwino ndi chakudya kwa iwo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja kuyambira nthawi ya anthu oyambirira ku Africa. Oyamba a ku Ulaya kuti adziwe nyanjayi anali wogulitsa Chipwitikizi mu 1846; ndipo patapita zaka 13, wofufuza wina wotchuka dzina lake David Livingstone anafika. Anapereka nyanjayi dzina lake la Tanzania, Lake Nyasa, komanso anapereka awiri ake osadziwika bwino - Nyanja ya Nyenyezi ndi Nyanja ya Mkuntho.
Mu 1914, Nyanja ya Malawi inakhala malo ena oyambirira a nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, pamene gulu la mfuti la ku Britain lomwe linayima panyanjayi linatsegulira pa bwalo la mfuti ku Germany komweko. Chida cha mfuti cha ku Germany chinalephereka, kuchititsa a British kuthokoza chochitikacho ngati nkhondo yoyamba ya nkhondo.
Lero, nyanjayi ndi yotchuka kwambiri chifukwa cha zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Nkhalango Zachilengedwe za Lake Malawi zinakhazikitsidwa kuti zisunge nsomba zokongola za cichlid, zomwe zilipo mitundu yambirimbiri, pafupifupi zonsezi. Nsomba izi zowonongeka ndizofunika kwambiri pa kumvetsetsa kwamakono kwa chisinthiko.
Mphepete mwa Nyanja
Mphepete mwa nyanja ndi malo omwe amapezeka ku Lake Malawi, chifukwa amapezeka ku Lilongwe komanso Blantyre. Mwachitsanzo, gombe lokongola ku Senga Bay ndi maola 1.5 okha kuchokera ku likulu, pamene malo a Mangochi a m'nyanjayi amapezeka bwino kudzera ku Blantyre. Malowa amakhala panyumba zina zazikulu za malo ogona, ndipo amadziwika ndi mabomba ake osangalatsa komanso madzi ozizira. Malo otchuka kwambiri pa nyanja ya kum'mwera kwa nyanja ya Malawi, ndi Cape Maclear. Kufupi ndi nsonga ya Nankumba Peninsula, Cape Maclear ndi wokondedwa chifukwa cha mchenga woyera wa mchenga, madzi a crystalline komanso zilumba zochititsa chidwi za m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Central ndi Northern Shores
Nyanja ya Malawi ndi kumpoto kwa nyanja ya Malawi imakhala yochepa kwambiri, choncho amapereka mphoto yopindulitsa kwa iwo amene akufuna kuyenda maulendo ataliatali. Zambiri zomwe zikuchitika m'derali zimayendayenda mumzinda wa Nkhata Bay, womwe Chikale Beach imadziwika bwino ndi madzi ake komanso nsomba zambiri. Pali malo ogona angapo omwe mungasankhe kuchokera apa. Kum'mwera kwa Nkhata Bay kuli mapiri abwino a Kande Beach ndi Chintheche; pamene Nkhotakota ndi yabwino kwa okonda zachilengedwe. Gwiritsani ntchito nthawi yomwe mukupita kukacheza ku Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, kunyumba kwa njovu zopititsa patsogolo komanso mitundu yoposa 130 ya mbalame.
Chilumba cha Likoma
Mzinda wa Likoma uli kumpoto kwenikweni kwa nyanja, ndilo dziko la Malawi koma limalowa mkati mwa madzi a Mozambique. Ndi nyumba ya tchalitchi chachikulu chomwe chinamangidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, ndipo ndi magalimoto ochepa chabe, amadziwika kuti ndi malo amtendere kwambiri panyanja. Pali mabwalo ambiri okondweretsa omwe amayendetsa dzuwa, pamene kayendedwe akuyendayenda ndikuyenda mumtunda ndizowonjezera ku ulendo uliwonse wa Likoma. Malo ogona amasiyanasiyana kuchokera kumbuyo kumbuyo kumbuyo kukafika ku nyenyezi zisanu zapamwamba zogona. Kufika ku Likoma Island ndi theka losangalatsa. Lembani ndege yochokera ku Lilongwe kapena muyambe ulendo wopita ku MV Ilala.
Lake Malawi Ntchito
Nyanja ya Malawi ndi paradiso kwa anthu omwe amasangalala ndi ntchito zamadzi monga kuyenda panyanja, kusambira, kuwomba mphepo ndi kusewera kwa madzi. Malo ogona ambiri ndi mahotela amapereka maulendo oyendetsa nsomba, pamene iwo amene amasankha kukhala pansi pa madzi m'malo mochita nawo akhoza kukhala nawo wapadera kwambiri a snorkeling ndi scuba diving.
Madzi ambiri amakhala odekha komanso okonzeka, ndikupanga malo abwino kwambiri kuti aziteteze. Kayaking imakhala yopindulitsa kwambiri pamudzi wa Mumbo (pafupi ndi Cape Maclear), ndipo chaka chilichonse nyanjayi imakhala ndi nyimbo zamtundu wa masiku atatu wotchedwa Lake of Stars Festival. Patsiku lakutanganidwa kwambiri, yesetsani zakudya zakudziko ndikudabwa kwambiri ndi kutuluka kwa dzuwa, mowa wa Malawi.
Lake Malawi Malawi
Nyanja ya Malawi yakhala ikuloledwa kwa anthu obwerera kumbuyo kwa zaka zambiri, zomwe zimasonyezedwa ndi kusankha kosangalatsa kwa malo okhala. Pachilumba cha Likoma, Mango Drift Lodge ili ndi malo osiyanasiyana okwera mtengo ogulitsira mabomba, malo ogona ndi misasa komanso ili ndi malo ogulitsira nyanja. Mtsinje wa Kande ndi wosankha kwambiri pamtunda wa kumadzulo kwa gombe, ndi zosankha zogwirira kampu ndi chakudya chodyera. Anthu amene amapita ku Cape Maclear ayenera kufufuza Gecko Lounge, wotchuka wodzitengera kubwerera kukakhala ndi bar, restaurant komanso ntchito zosiyanasiyana zochokera m'madzi.
Pamphepete mwa mapepala a malowa, Likoma Island ya Kaya Mawa malo ogona ndi malo okongola kwambiri, ndipo nyumbazi zimakhala zokongoletsa kwambiri. Ena ali ndi mabomba okwera, ndipo alendo onse amapindula ndi malo osungira malo, bar ndi malo odyera. Pumulani ndi chisankho chosowa pafupi ndi Cape Maclear ndi dziwe lopanda malire komanso nyumba 10 zokhala ndi nyumba zokha; pamene Makuzi Beach Lodge ku Chintheche ndi malo okongola kwambiri m'mphepete mwa nyanja yomwe imadziwika bwino chifukwa cha zakudya zabwino kwambiri komanso malo abwino omwe akuyang'ana m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Kufika Kumeneko
Ngati mukupita kumtunda wa kumwera, mutha kukwera basi ku Mangochi kapena Monkey Bay, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko mumakonza zosankha ndi malo anu ogona. Mwinanso mungathe kupita patsogolo ndi taxi yapafupi. Chilumba cha Likoma chimapezeka kudzera pa ndege kapena kudzera pa MV Illala, yomwe ili ku Lake Malawi yomwe imayendetsedwe ku Monkey Bay yomwe imaperekanso mitsinje ku madera ena ozungulira nyanja. Ngati mukufuna kupita kumsewu kumpoto, pitani basi ku Mzuzu, Karonga kapena Nkhata Bay. Kukwera galimoto ndi njira ina, monga misewu imakhala yosungidwa bwino.
Nkhaniyi idasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa November 7, 2017.