Writing this retrospectively and in excited anticipation of seeing Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) again on the 31st August. Many people you meet will give their opinion on whether or not it's safe to swim in the lake. Many lodges will tell you that their particular part of the lake is Bilharzia free and ultimately you have to decide how you feel about the consequences of picking it up (which are actually not huge as long as you know the signs and get checked out). Much of the coast around Nkhata Bay is rocky with plenty of waves and very few calm and reeded areas so I decided to go for it. I swam twice a day for almost 2 weeks from Chickale Beach, I snorkelled, did a scuba dive, jumped from high rocks, fed fish eagles
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