Some lodges have game drives. All other hotel and lodges are usually of excellent standard. Self-catering chalets and cabins and campsites are available with varying facilities. Self-catering usually includes the use of a communal kitchen, or a staffed kitchen, where your food is prepared to your specifications by cook. There is a daily service from Blantyre to Balaka and twice-weekly services from Limbe to Nsanje and Balaka to Nayuchi on the Mo ambiquan border.
Buses are a reliable means of transport.
A luxury air-conditioned bus operates three times daily between Lilongwe and Blantyre, and three times weekly between Lilongwe and Mzuzu. Express bus services operate regularly between major towns. Slow, crowded local services run along rural routes. Minibuses operate in and around most towns and villages and roads that the larger buses cannot access. Hitching is possible but slow and unreliable and most drivers will expect a small fee if they pick you up.