Today, on my 26th birthday I had booked a kayak for
the day, so Piet (father of the owner of my lodge) made me some lunch I could
bring and refilled my 5 bottles of water. Just after 8 o’clock in the morning I
headed out on Lake Malawi, and this time I was paddling towards Tambo Island
(google it!).
It took me about 80 minutes of solid paddling before I reached the paradise island. People pay $250 a night per person to stay on this amazing island, and it looks like it’s worth it. I was not allowed on the island (even though I did have a short walk on it anyway) but the real paradise is just outside the island, in the water. Because the water surrounding the island is crystal clear, and it’s between 4-20 meters deep, and I could easily look at the bottom. It was really stunning! This was where I had seen the “Kayak Lake Malawi” picture on google, and I was doing exactly that! After a while in the water I decided to work on my tan, so I lied on top of my open kayak, completely naked, and got brown (or redder?). After about an hour I had been still enough, got dressed and paddled around the island, which took me only about 25 minutes. Magnificent all the way. It was crystal clear water all around it, and where the lodge was looked fantastic. Such a paradise! After a bit of paddling I decided to head to Domwe Island. After a bit I threw my clothes off again, because it was not a single soul around me, I was completely by me self. And when I was half way across I noticed the water was completely flat. I lied down and tried to listen to any sound at all, but there was nothing! Not even waves on the kayak. It was so strange, but at the same time fantastic. After a while I continued, and in the end I reached Domwe Island. There I finished my lunch and drank my last bottles of water, and the water was clear as the Mambo Island water, so I swam and dived a bit to cool down (it was sunny all day and no wind so it got very hot today, hence me without clothes). I got dressed and passed another lodge where I could buy some water and pay Kayak Africa (they owned the lodges on the two islands) at Cape Maclear when I delivered the kayak.
It took me about 80 minutes of solid paddling before I reached the paradise island. People pay $250 a night per person to stay on this amazing island, and it looks like it’s worth it. I was not allowed on the island (even though I did have a short walk on it anyway) but the real paradise is just outside the island, in the water. Because the water surrounding the island is crystal clear, and it’s between 4-20 meters deep, and I could easily look at the bottom. It was really stunning! This was where I had seen the “Kayak Lake Malawi” picture on google, and I was doing exactly that! After a while in the water I decided to work on my tan, so I lied on top of my open kayak, completely naked, and got brown (or redder?). After about an hour I had been still enough, got dressed and paddled around the island, which took me only about 25 minutes. Magnificent all the way. It was crystal clear water all around it, and where the lodge was looked fantastic. Such a paradise! After a bit of paddling I decided to head to Domwe Island. After a bit I threw my clothes off again, because it was not a single soul around me, I was completely by me self. And when I was half way across I noticed the water was completely flat. I lied down and tried to listen to any sound at all, but there was nothing! Not even waves on the kayak. It was so strange, but at the same time fantastic. After a while I continued, and in the end I reached Domwe Island. There I finished my lunch and drank my last bottles of water, and the water was clear as the Mambo Island water, so I swam and dived a bit to cool down (it was sunny all day and no wind so it got very hot today, hence me without clothes). I got dressed and passed another lodge where I could buy some water and pay Kayak Africa (they owned the lodges on the two islands) at Cape Maclear when I delivered the kayak.
Around 4 o’clock I reached Cape Maclear, very tired,
satisfied, tan/red and older.
Today was a perfect day, and I definitely want to come back
here one day, but will I? I don’t know. If I do, then I want to bring friends
or a girl to bring to one of those islands, because it just looked amazing. I
would strongly recommend coming to Cape Maclear and head out on the lake. It
was so peaceful I don’t have words. Also, when I was under water, I usually
hear some sort of sounds, like a motor engine running miles away, or people,
but not here. It was so silent I thought I had gone deaf, it was almost scary,
but also an incredible experience.
I hope some of you who read this blog post actually go to
Cape Maclear (recommend staying at Thumbi View Lodge) and the paradise islands
around it.
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