To find general information about Malawi including details of accommodation have a look at Malawi in the country file section
| Start | Finish | Distance (Km) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border | Karonga | 48 | The road gets worse the moment you enter Malawi but they are building a new road so this information will be out of date very quickly. The head wind started for me |
| Karonga | Ngara | 39 | A good road with strong head wind |
| Ngara | Chitimba | 52 | The good road and the head wind continued |
| Chitimba | Livingstonia | 0 | by truck. The road is very steep and with some very bad patches of big stones and/or sand |
| Livingstonia | Rumphi | 75 | After the tarmac road you hit the dirt road. Quite a lot of sand and gravel and climbs but I found it do-able although I ended up pushing through the sandy and the steepest climbs. I followed it all the way to Rumphi but 25Km before it ends there is a turn off that takes you to the tarmac. To start with you cycle in a beautiful narrow valley and at the end some strong winds |
| Rumphi | Mzuzu | 69 | Strong head and side wind and after some initial down hill there is ondulating terrain all the way to Mzuzu |
| Mzuzu | Nkhata Bay | 50 | Good road surface.Head wind |
| Nkhata Bay | Chintheche | 50 | Good road surface.Head wind |
| Chintheche | Ngala | 74 | Good road surface.Head wind |
| Ngala | Nkhotakota | 95 | The road gets narrow and with pot holes but manageable on the bike. Big lorries with sugar cane taking pretty much the width of the road. Head wind. 4 KM of dirt road with some sand to the Lodge. plantations |
| Nkhotakota | Lilongwe | 0 | my back gave up on me so accepted a lift |
| Lilongwe | Mchinji | 112 | Good Road and tail wind with some cross wind |
| Mchinji | Zambia border | 14 | Good Road and tail wind with some cross wind |
| Total days | Cycling days | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Malawi | 27 | 11 | 678 |