Volunteering in Malawi,  Voluntourism experience

DAY 1 CHILEKA AIRPORT -  MULANJE FOREST RESERVE, BASE AFRICAWILDTRUCK - 90 km. Arrival in Blantyre, Malawi's second city. Do customs formalities. Meeting with the Africa Wild Truck staff. We will reach the massive Mulanje, the spectacle of the tea plantations and the base of Africa Wild Truck. The hills are like endless expanses and bright green leaves with only the red space of the labyrinthine routes through the plantation. Overnight at Africa Wild Truck eco lodge and camp, in the hostel/dorm, within a historic garden in the tea plantations Full board.

DAY 2,3,4 MULANJE FOREST RESERVE, BASE AFRICAWILDTRUCK. We will dedicate three days to the deeper understanding of Malawi's culture through a short course organized by Chichewa AROUND AWT. Chichewa is the local language spoken throughout Malawi and beyond the borders. There will be the opportunity to spend time with some staff member AfricaWildtruck and teach some subject that can be useful and fun. This project can be achieved through sport and / or the construction of objects with the use of recycled materials such as plastic or even mini-cooking courses, to learn some recipes more, motivating individuals to a positive professional growth, collaborating to develop AROUND AWT. Overnight at Africa Wild Truck eco lodge and camp, in the hostel/dorm, within a historic garden in the tea plantations Full board.

DAY 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 BASE AFRICAWILDTRUCK  - MuLANJE 30 km. The volunteering programme starts. The help that an international volunteer can give is to contribute positively to the creation of a solid foundation for primary education, so that children should welcome the idea of ​​overcoming the challenges for secondary education, constantly motivating them to continue their studies and to commit themselves to their education. Volunteers can contribute in different subject areas, English, mathematics, the arts, sport, food education, ecology, to raise awareness of issues of common interest. The structure is simple, but complete and has a kitchen where you can cook the daily meals that are brought by the volunteers. Overnight at Africa Wild Truck eco lodge and camp, in the hostel/dorm, within a historic garden in the tea plantations in bed and breakfast

DAY 13 MULANJE - MONKEY BAY - 300 km. Traveling to Monkey Bay from Mulanje, to Mangochi and Lake Malawi, heading to a bay where we will find a relaxing afternoon of fishing eagles and fishing villagers with their canoes plying on the waters of the third largest lake in Africa, one of the largest water reserves in the world. It is estimated that the endemic fish that inhabit the waters, cichlids, are around 1000 species. Overnight at the lodge on the lake. Bed and breakfast

DAY 14, 15 GIORNO LAKE MALAWI, MONKEY BAY AREA. The fishing villagers are many, and in the morning it is easy to meet them in their canoes while returning from a night of fishing. Lake Malawi in this area is close to the Lake Malawi National Park: a real sea and provides livelihood to all villages settled on the banks of the lake. From here we can organize a boat trip to the island of Boadzulu, the lake Malawi National Park where we will be able to fully enjoy the wonder and the transparency of the lake. Women dry out the fish and preparing the stalls for sale. We will spend the day on Lake Malawi, in the villages and to devote to the knowledge of the business of the people. Overnight at the lodge at the lake. bed and breakfast

DAY 16 LAKE MALAWI - LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK 150 km. In the morning wake up at sunrise and after breakfast we will reach the banks of the Shire River, where we will enter the Liwonde National Park and we will organize the famous boat safari to better spot and photograph the wildlife of the park: many elephants and crocodiles! The boats are motorized and will come accompanied by a guide who will maneuver the boat and, in addition to our presence, we will be adding a nature guide. The chances of sighting elephants are unique and often swim in front of us, across the river in search of food. In the afternoon, the second boat safari to increase the chances of more sightings. Accommodation in the middle of the park, in one of the most beautiful lodges / Malawi camps, overlooking the Shire River. bed and breakfast

DAY 17 LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK- MUA 250 km. A few kilometers separate us from Mua, the oldest and original operational mission in Malawi.The centre was born with the support of the Ngoni tribe in 1903, at the request of two French White Fathers, an order which was born in Algeria. Father Boucher, anthropologist and missionary, started a center of culture and art called Kungoni ( "meaning, Waterfall, because it sits near a waterfall”) and the Museum of Chamare, named after Chapmartin, French father who founded the school of carpentry, still appreciated around the area. At Mua they preserve the rich cultural heritage of Malawi and have collected about 400 of the 10,000 (yes, we wrote well, ten thousand!) Masks of the Gule Wamkulu, secret ceremony of the majority ethnic  Malawian group: the Chewa. Since a few years the Gule Wamkulu became a World Heritage Site, protected by UNESCO. Overnight in bungalows equipped at the mission. bed and breakfast

DAY 18 MUA - CHILEKA AIRPORT, BLANTYRE 300 km. Return to Blantyre through the fertile highlands of the Rift Valley; Transfer to airport for international departure flight.

The current times are estimates calculated on flight plans provided by the airlines by the year 2018. If the route changes then these could be varied.