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Dziwe la Nkhalamba pool Gallery


Title: Dziwe la Nkhalamba pool

Description: Pool below waterfall. Up the Likhubula valley, a 45 minute walk from Likhubula House. This pool and waterfall in the Likhubula River within Mulanje Mountain is highly revered as a home of spirits. Its name translates into ‘pool of the elder(s)’. There different accounts relating to the origin of the name. Some say there used to live an old man or woman. Others say only elderly people were allowed to go there. Archeological evidence (pottery, beads, coins) show that the pool is regarded sacred and was used for rain sacrifices.

Title: Dziwe la nkhalamba

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