Scuba Diving 

With dramatic rock formations, caves and cliffs creating an attractive terrain for underwater diving, Lake Malawi is known as one of the world's premier freshwater diving destinations. You can dive all year round, but the best time to dive is during the dry season from August to December, when the lake is at its calmest, the clarity is 20-30m, there is little wind and the water temperature is as high as 30°C. This is also the breeding season for cichlids and their mouth-breeding phenomenon is one of the most fascinating phenomena seen on Lake Malawi dives. Mothers protect their eggs in their mouths until they are large enough to fend for themselves. Also, night diving in Lake Malawi is considered one of the most unique diving experiences as schools of fish use your torchlight to catch cichlids, their prey. You can also see catfish as large as two meters in length coming up from their burrows in search of food. Catfish are very curios and will approach divers who enter their territory, especially during the breeding season.