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fire crackling. The food comes highly recommended and the easy charm of the staff make
it a memorable place to overnight.
LODGE
Thuchila Tourist Lodge $
Offline map
( 0881-103353; thuchilatlodge@africa-online.net; r from MK6500, r with TV from
MK7500; ) Twenty kilomentres past Likhubula on the road to Phalombe, you reach a
rocky turn off to Thuchila. The place has an edge-of-the-world feel to it (maybe it's the
caged baboons outside), its lush gardens nestled in the shadow of the massif. There's a
clean restaurant dishing up stews, fish and chicken.
There are passable rooms with a shared bathroom, though preferable are the redbrick
chalets further up the hill each with their own bathroom. Convenient for walkers, the
lodge is at the base of the path to Thuchila Hut.
CHAMBE-LICHENYA LOOP
This short but beautiful route is great for a taste of Mulanje. It starts and finishes at Likhubula Forestry Office,
and takes three days and two nights (staying at the spacious Lichenya Hut, and cosy Chambe Hut with a crackling
fire), but it could be shortened to two days.
Likhubula Forestry Office to Chambe Hut
This stage is the same as the first stage of the Mulanje Traverse ( Click here ).
Chambe Hut to Lichenya Basin
This stage is four to five hours. Heading east from Chambe Hut (towards Thuchila), turn right at a junction about
1½ hours from Chambe Hut to reach the Lichenya Basin, and either the CCAP Cottage or Lichenya Hut.
Lichenya Basin to Likhubula Forestry Office
This stage is four to five hours. Go across a col to the east of Chilemba Peak (you could sidetrack up here for fine
views - allow two hours to return) then descend through beautiful forest to eventually reach Likhubula.
ON THE MOUNTAIN
Forestry Huts $
(campsite per adult/child MK400/200, huts per adult/child MK700/350) On Mulanje are
eight forestry huts: Chambe Offline map , Chisepo Offline map , Lichenya Offline map ,
Thuchila Offline map , Chinzama Offline map , Minunu Offline map , Madzeka Offline map
CHALET
 
 
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