"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (2019), directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, tells the true story of William Kamkwamba, the Malawian teen who powered his village with a windmill of bicycle parts.
Lake Malawi holds more fish species than any other lake on Earth — close to a thousand cichlids, nearly all of them endemic.
Cape Maclear and Likoma Island are lived mask-on: freshwater diving here is one of a kind. An eSIM helps: the Ilala ferry runs on stretchy timetables, the Lake of Stars festival (September) is tracked online and kwacha withdrawn in town before the lake.