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Ntchisi Forest Reserve
Located in
Malawi :: Malawi
Category:
Protected Areas :: Protected Area
Ntchisi Forest Reserve covers approximately 75 sq km and is surrounded on all sides by rolling hills covered by subsistence farming and dotted with traditional villages. It is an untouched paradise, entirely undiscovered by mass tourism. Before it became a protected area, the forest was used as a refuge by the local Chewa tribe against attacks by the warring Ngonis in the 19th Century. Because the forest proved so vital as a shelter for people, it largely escaped deforestation for firewood It later became a designated Forest Reserve.
Bird life is prolific and this is an excellent destination for the professional or amateur bird watcher due to the variety of habitats. The Forest Reserve contains some of the last remaining indigenous rainforest in Malawi. Some trees tower thirty metres overhead while lianas and strangler figs compete for sunlight. The lush vegetation is home to a plethora of orchids, as well as an abundant bird life, troops of samango monkey, baboons, hyenas and the odd bushbuck and bush pig. Montane forest and grassland provides a contrasting habitat of open forest and bush.
It is excellent hiking and mountain biking territory and is home to a variety of bird species and a stunning display of wildflowers each year when the rains start.
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