Mumbo Island | |
Map: | Malawi |
Location: | Lake Malawi |
Coordinates: | -13.9892°N 34.7554°W |
Total Islands: | 1 |
Area M2: | 514 |
Country: | Malawi |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions: | Central Region |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Salima |
Mumbo Island is an island within Lake Malawi National Park, located in the Mangochi District of the Central Region, some 100abbr=offNaNabbr=off east of the capital Lilongwe. It has no permanent settlement but is home to Mumbo Camp, an ecoboutique camp (i.e. an ecotourism boutique hotel).[1]
The island is home to African fish eagles, monitor lizards, African clawless otters and a number of species of cichlid.[1] [2]