Njaya Lodge

33 reviews

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  Timothy

  partner · Aug 2025

  10/10

  As previous reviews indicate, this is a wonderful setting, rivalling a Greek Island or even the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Beautiful view and accommodations. Very warm and friendly staff. Good food with many choices. Good hot water even with Solar. Would have liked internet access in the room and perhaps a little more attention to timely food delivery. We had a delightful stay!

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  Genevieve

  partner · Aug 2025

  10/10

  Njaya Lodge is a little slice of paradise! We fell in love with this place as soon as we arrived. Nestled on the banks of Lake Malawi, surrounded by beautiful landscape and amazing locals, it’s the most relaxing place we have been to in Africa. The staff here go above and beyond with their service and always so friendly! I hope we make it back one day! ❤️

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  Ralf

  Jan 2025

  8/10

  In die Jahre gekommene Anlage

  Unterkunft war sauber aber stark in die Jahre gekommen. Schöne Lage und schönes Restaurant und Bar. Das Frühstück mittelmäßig das Essen gut. Gutes WLAN aber nur im Restaurantbereich. Sehr guter Service.

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  diner682

  GB · Couples · Mar 2024

  8/10

  Lovely setting, attentive staff

  Our stay here was recommended by friends in both the UK and Malawi and we were not disappointed. Being at the end of the rainy season the place was very quiet but we were very well looked after by the Malawian staff, especially Dixon who communicated regularly by Whatsapp so, with a bit of notice, we were able to eat & drink pretty much what we wanted when we wanted. The food was fine; the choice was good and it was just nice being able to eat on site every evening. We had a lakeside cottage which had beautiful views but was quite hot and humid at first then very windy with an overnight storm ; but I think the weather everywhere is so unpredictable now that these things are difficult to factor in. It was certainly cooler with a nice breeze up by the bar & restaurant. Certainly the stormy weather and the rising water level in the lake means the private beach is tiny with a slippery access over rocks ( take beach shoes ) but its still great being able to swim from your bedroom ! The adjacent ‘public’ sandy beach is lovely with calm water & a scattering of very friendly Malawians. Yes, some try desperately to sell locally made jewellery, paintings, wood carvings etc but their things are generally nice and not expensive so it’s good to buy something but then firmly say no more shopping. Sadly our planned boat trip was cancelled because of the storm but that didn’t spoil our visit; we still had a lovely relaxing time. Yes the place is a bit frayed round the edges and could benefit from some serious investment but that would mean rocketing prices in the current Malawian economy so you get what you pay for & overall we thought this was very good value for attentive service in a lovely setting. Thank you Dixon !

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  James

  family · Jan 2024

  6/10

  Pleasant lakeside cabins; very responsive staff; good prices; fantastic views of the lake. Beach consists of rocks; access road poor; located in a village which can be noisy. Owner very pleasant and accommodating. Clean, and would stay again, but not appropriate for a "luxury" lakeside stay.