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These include the Clock Tower, the Gymkhana Club, the former residence of the first Commissioner of Nyasaland, the former Parliament building and a small botanical garden set on the slopes of the Zomba Plateau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Zomba Plateau<\/strong> is one of Malawi&#8217;s most remarkable <strong>natural attractions<\/strong>. Rising to an altitude of around <strong>1,800 metres<\/strong>, it offers spectacular views across the Rift Valley, the Shire River, Lake Chilwa and <a href=\"https:\/\/africawildtruck.com\/en\/attrazioni\/mount-mulanje-forest-reserve\/\">Mount Mulanje<\/a>. For hiking enthusiasts, the ascent is both <strong>enjoyable and rewarding<\/strong>, passing through forests of cedar, pine and cypress, as well as streams, lakes and waterfalls.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before independence, Malawi&#8217;s capital was Zomba, a historic town at the foot of the Zomba Plateau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1747,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2018","attrazioni","type-attrazioni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zomba, the former capital of British Nyasaland | AWT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malawi&#039;s colonial capital was Zomba, located on the slopes of a breathtakingly beautiful plateau. 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