Licoma Island

Licoma Island is a small area of land that is part of Malawi. It was opened in 1880 by missionaries and established here the headquarters of John Livingstone, and later the island was designated under the jurisdiction of Malawi.

Licoma Island is located in the northeastern part of Lake Malawi, better known as Lake Nyasa. The nearest city in Malawi is Chinteche. On the island, an area of 18 square kilometers, lives about nine thousand inhabitants - the tribes of Heva, Tonga, Tumbuka, Yao. Despite the dense population, nature on it remained almost untouched - rocky slopes of the coast, sandy bays and swamps. The center of the island is covered with meadows, with many mango trees and baobabs. Of the fauna, small reptiles, amphibians, a number of exotic unique fish are found here, crocodiles are also found near the coast of the island.