Bua River Lodge

29/07/2026

A nice little job to end the day today at Bua :)

29/07/2026

A beautiful morning walk with our guide Shai and Ranger Chimwemewe 🥰 We were mainly looking at birds but there were a couple of crocs who were also posing for photos 🙈 📸

26/07/2026

The light, the trees, the buildings, the activities, the space... all evoke a beautiful feeling at Bua River Lodge, which has to be experienced to really understand it 🥰

21/07/2026

Come stay at Bua and be part of this amazing event!

The 2026 Rangers challenge countdown is on! 🏃🏃‍♀️

On 19th September the Wildlife Ranger Challenge will bring thousands of rangers from across 24 African countries to run in a cordinated 21km race.

Are you ready to be part of this challenge?

Register now!

Registration closes on 31st August 2026.

21/07/2026

Our first review as new owners 🥹

We know already that Bua is a special place and the existing team do an amazing job! But its always nice to receive this validation :)

20/07/2026

If you also want to climb Chipata Mountain, come stay at Bua and we will arrange it :)

19/07/2026

For prices and other info on the lodge, check out our website 😀

https://buariverlodge.com/

15/07/2026

Check out our story in Malawi Tourisms latest newsletter 😍 https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=c62522090dceafe4bea05eac6&id=2df86c6fca&fbclid=PAb21jcATEv9dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAad2d3TbfIOsmyWmUC6Fp3yDMUW0rp0HmemfD8injit4H7intWxeLg51prLRtg_aem_41cFxTfZVAY1TrXisEQlIg

14/07/2026

Birders!! We're got a challenge for you! Come to Bua, see how many of the Bua Five you can spot! Anyone who spots all 5 gets a place on the "Bua Birding Wall of Fame" 😅💃 It doesnt have to be all in 1 visit.

I personally have seen 5 so far at the lodge... 😊

Book your visit now on [email protected]

07/07/2026

Seeing wild spaces progressively become less wild and more commercial, with hordes of vehicles and people crowding around wild animals, makes me so sad.

I dont understand why someone would choose to go on holiday to a 'wild space' only to be surrounded by traffic and other tourists?!

I understand that places like South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania rely on safari tourism for income but if they don't manage it better, the wild spaces will be ruined, and then so will the income stream.

In Malawi, many of us are working to increase tourism, to support a small but growing sector of tourism jobs and foreign investment. It is desperately needed as Malawi has few other export commodities. And right now, Malawi is the perfect place to go on safari. We have the big five, we have no crowds, and as a bonus, we have pristine beaches too.

But, how are we going to keep it that way, and still support growing tourism for the country?

Maybe some tourists want a quick win, a garenteed sighting, a photo to take home no matter the cost to wildlife? But those people have not truely been on safari. Safari is wild, unpredictable, challenging, eye-opening, and focuses on things far bigger and more powerful than ourselves.

Nhkotakota reserve is truly wild, and true 'safari'. It is the biggest, oldest national park in Malawi, and most of it is covered by thick forest. An elephant or leopard could be hiding behind the next tree and you might not know it was there. Or you might be lucky enough to get a beautiful sighting of it in its natural environment, with no other people or cars around.

For our lodge, Bua, we want to attract people who want these sorts of experiences, and who will appreciate the novelty of being in a truely wild place. As we start on this adventure of lodge ownership, I join many other lodge owners in Malawi who want their lodge to make enough money to pay their team and maintain their structures, without getting so commercial that they lose their special attraction and their role as a positive influence on conservation, not a negative one. Although that problem is a long way off for us, the attitude starts now. And its not too late for others too.