My family regularly visit Malawi and having travelled so far from the UK an essential part of our Tour is staying at Mvuu Lodge in the Liwonde National Park. We have visited 5 times and on 3 of these occasions have been fortunate to have Samuel Chihana as our Guide. His knowledge and experience is outstanding and because of this he makes every visit a unique, new, experience. He is so geared to the natural surroundings that he sees animals and birds that take us some time just to locate - even when he tells us where to look! His night vision is remarkable and whether it is a river safari on the Shire River, a morning game drive or an afternoon / sunset game drive no two outings from the Lodge are the same. He is eager that his clients get the very best out of the time they are able to spend at Mvuu and nothing is too much trouble for him to try to ensure this happens.  Back on the treadmill we are once again saving for our next trip to Malawi - and of course the highlight of our next Tour will be the time we are able to stay at Mvuu Lodge.  We are just hoping that when that time comes we will be able to have Samuel allocated as our Guide once more.

Samuel is simply the best guide we could have wished for. It is obvious from his infectious enthusiasm that he loves what he is doing and he wants others to appreciate the amazing wildlife and flora as much as he does. Something he definitely achieved with us. 

Thanks to his eagle eyes and especially his incredible depth of knowledge we saw and learned so much on our varied excursions by jeep, boat and on foot.

Thank you Samuel for making our safari experience at Mvuu Lodge truly unforgettable !

Well what can I say.... Amazing doesn't even sum it up.

There was a group of six of us, all our wishes to see things were met, even the things we never knew we could see we saw. 

Samuel is the most amazing guide, but not just a guide, a companion. I gave him the nickname 'eagle eye' as he spotted everything, even miles away. We really wanted to see elephants, we were on a boat, he shouted elephants and pointed, I saw nothing. 10 minutes later I still saw nothing, 15mins later I could see the herd of elephants Samuel had seen!!! Amazing.

In the dark of night, on a game drive, he could still see things. Whilst driving in the pitch black he suddenly stopped the car to point out a spider on the road!!!!

I know I have used the word lots but Samuel really is amazing, bottom line, you could not find anyone better, not only is his knowledge and experience first class  but also his passion and excitement is very hard to bottle!!! A fantastic, unique individual who if you have as a guide, then you are very blessed indeed. We were.

I was really surprised of Samuel´s knowlegde about the flora & fauna of Mvuu and its surrounding area. If you want to get great information about this wonderful location you should do a tour with him. You can ask as much as you want and he won´t be tired to share its enlightenment with you! 

As well as having seemingly encyclopaedic knowledge and being fantastically enthusiastic, what made Samuel so special as a guide was his flexibility and adaptability.  This made our time at Mvuu camp all the richer because of unscheduled trips - jumping up from breakfast and running to the jeep when elephants were nearby, for example.  It was obvious that this stemmed from his genuine wish to share the wonders of Liwonde with us.  It would be hard for a tripout with Samuel not to make a lasting impression.