Mafinga South and Mafinga Central: the highest peaks in Zambia

September 24, 2014 Trip reports africa, edita, exploration, hill walking, mafinga central, mafinga hills, malawi, peak bagging, robert gondek, small steps adventure tours, trekking, zambia 20 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I reported from Africa on my mission to find, measure, ascend and name the highest point in Zambia, and how identifying which peak to climb wasn’t as straightforward as you might think. This is the story of our quest.

Finding the highest points in Zambia and Malawi

September 10, 2014 Expedition dispatches africa, edita, inselbergs, mafinga hills, malawi, mulanje, peak bagging, robert gondek, sapitwa peak, trekking, wildlife, zambia 4 Comments

You would think in this age of satellite mapping and websites like Google Earth the highest point in every country has been calculated by a machine, and you can just look it up somewhere. This isn’t the case, as I discovered when I tried to find the highest peak in Zambia.