Likoma Island

Likoma Island, along with its sister Chizumulu Island, is in the Mozambican territorial waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa. Both Likoma Island and Chizumulu belong to Malawi. Wikivoyage

Population 10,440 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Malawi

• 990PolicePolice
• 997PolicePolice
• 998AmbulanceAmbulance
• 999FireFire

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Malawi

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Immigration (old) Attraction · 780 m
• Immigration (new) Attraction · 880 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Getting around

• Ferry to Cobue (Mozambique) or Mbamba Bay (Tanzania) 970 m

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