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Landlocked Malawi, once devastated by poaching, has restored all Big Five safari animals to its parks. But is it ready for prime time? Pictured, elephants in Liwonde National Park.

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Seeing the Big Five in Malawi

Landlocked Malawi, once devastated by poaching, has restored all Big Five safari animals to its parks. But is it ready for prime time? Pictured, elephants in Liwonde National Park. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Visit Malawi

Landlocked Malawi, once devastated by poaching, has restored all Big Five safari animals to its parks. But is it ready for prime time? Pictured, elephants in Liwonde National Park.

An egret rests on a hippo in Mvuu Camp and Lodge in Malawi's Liwonde National Park.

Red-billed ox-peckers feast on insects that had infested two kudus.

Sunset on the Shire River.

A side-striped jackal moves through the grasses just before dusk.

The birds of Malawi: the tiny bee-eater;

the martial eagle;

the giant eagle owl;

the pied kingfisher;

open-billed storks;

the waddled lapwing;

and hadada ibises.

Some of the 850 species of cichlid found in Lake Malawi.

Zebras in the Game Haven Lodge.

Poolside, visitors to Makokola Retreat watch the sunset.

Makokola Retreat rooms are light, spacious and have views of Lake Malawi.

A caddy encountering a familiar hazard at Mlambe golf course: a crocodile.

Tour operators and travel advisors agree: Malawi's people live up to the country's slogan, "The warm heart of Africa."

Malawi's minister of tourism, Vera Kamtukule, answers questions during the country's tourism industry fair held in Lilongwe in April.

Malawi's president, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, addressed the tourism industry conference in Lilongwe.