title: Mumbo Island
text: # Mumbo Island
  
  Mumbo Island is an island within Lake Malawi National Park, located in the Salima District of the Central Region, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the capital Lilongwe. It has no permanent settlement but is home to Mumbo Camp, an ecoboutique camp (i.e. an ecotourism boutique hotel).
  
  ## Wildlife
  
  The island is home to African fish eagles, monitor lizards, African clawless otters and a number of species of cichlid.
  
  