3-Star Hotels in Southern Region, Malawi

Pros: Quiet location (no traffic noise) A short (daytime) walk to a busy part of Blantyre. Good size room. Cons: The safety deposit box was not working - I was told 'it's an old one and so can't be fixed, you can keep things in the reception safe'. Leaking water in bathroom. Very expensive drinks at the bar - 14,000 kwacha / $10 + tourism tax for a bottle of Castle beer (imported from SA). The other, local, beers are 6000 kwacha plus tourism tax so also expensive - Malawi has seen some huge inflation but I paid less than 3000 for the same beers at a lodge in Mulanje. The bill on check out added a 'tourism levy' (tax) to everything I ordered in the restaurant - I was not told about this when ordering and was not charged a tourism levy in any of the other 3 hotels/lodges I stayed in during my time in Malawi. This could have been in the T&Cs however and I just missed it. Breakfast is not particularly great (a la carte) - i had to return undercooked sausages. Overall, the lodge itself is in a good location and i would return again. I would skip the restaurant and go to the Crossroads hotel restaurant which has reasonable prices and good quality food (but no alcohol). Casa Mia definitely had the most expensive beers I found in Malawi, although the very friendly and interesting owner was kind enough to buy me a few so I guess it balanced out.

Pros Stunning mountain views Large balcony (no furniture) Water x 2 and tea/coffee provided 24/7 room service Restaurant until 10pm - very good food No alcohol in the hotel Large room Byo toothbrush etc Very good service Highly recommend this hotel Cons Safe not working Very little road noise but worth it for the stunning mountain view Room door not particularly secure - a child could probably break through it

I loved Kara O Mula as a location - quiet, serene and awe inspiring with Mount Mulanje as its backdrop. I would certainly love to have spent more time here. The facility has history and carries itself well. I enjoyed a snack on arrival late in the evening. Breakfast was very very basic which was a disappointing, but the ambiance was lovely and would certainly visit again.

The service was excellent and good environment. Had only a problem with the WiFi

房間非常整潔衞生，自來水都經過凈化處理，早餐也較豐富，工作人員也比較認真禮貌，酒店前台可以幫忙辦理電話卡以及換匯，唯一的小插曲就是在入住時平台得離店付款選項這家酒店不認可，造成了二次付款，目前平台正在處理中，然後就是就是價格相對來説個人感覺還是有些高。

It's a very good place. It's one of the few places to go from Malawi.

Front desk service There were two night-shift female front desk services that were not in place. They asked them to send WiFi and waited for a long time but didn't deliver it. In the end, they got it by themselves and complained to them. The room is very spacious, you can cook by yourself, the faucet that adjusts the water temperature is too bad, it will fall when you touch it, a bit far from the city, the location is in the suburban countryside, but the whole city of Blantyre is also like a big countryside

房間很寬敞，交通很便利，走路幾分鐘就到附近的批發市場了，老闆很親和，知道我們要出發第二個城市，幫我約了的士，還打了折扣給我們，下次來還住這裏