Just 3,5 hours by boat, some 38 kilometres from Kambiri Point, is Chiofu Camp. It is totally inaccessible by road motor vehicles and thus retains its natural identity.   There is only a narrow bush path extending along the lake shoreline.  Visitors can camp in light tents, on the sandy beach. Toilets are nearby.

The camp is an ideal place to "get-away-from-it-all".  It is just eight kilometres south of the actual Malawi/Mozambique international border and boasts a perfect harbour from the lakes periodical south-easterly winds. The water is usually crystal clear and is ideal for swimming or snorkeling. Just north are Gome Rocks - home to a remarkable assemblage of lake cichlids.
	Chiofu Camp area. This hill with a high VHF marine band antenna gives daily radio coverage with Red Zebra Lodge at Kambiri Point & the monitoring of boat crossings. Secure anchorage is also available for avoiding northerly winds by the boats being moored near the tall striking baobabs on the northern side of the bay against the haunting cry of their resident fish eagles.
Dusk is short at Chiofu.  Typically sunset in August is set at 1735 or so with at best thirty minutes of light and half-light - enough time to get organised for the night...  Preparation of the evening meal well in hand...firewood for the campfire brought onto the beach ready for lighting...lamps cleaned and filled with fuel...a last dip in the lake and a check on the cold drinks.
	Fishing off of the rocks of the observation platform.  The camp fire has already been lit and a welcoming atmosphere develops.  Away from the firelight and lamps the heavens and the stars can be seen in all their wonder.  Constellations can be identified and their changing positions noted as the night progresses.  Often shooting stars and satellites reward the observers.
Chiofu can be warm indeed - and getting out of the sun is a "must".   The trees provide welcome shade a few metres from the sandy beach and a dining/resting set of tables and chairs is shown in this photo.  (Patrick the builder is seated in the centre) For enticingly simple but tasty meals there is a large charcoal grill (braai) - much favoured by visitors from Central and South Africa.
	Many visitors like "being under canvas" - provided that it is spacious and comfortable!  Past experience shows that Chiofu Bay can be subject to violent winds which will easily uproot and destroy tents simply placed on the beach!  See storm photo on the left!  Tent bases have therefore been snuggled into thick bush cover with wire structures to hold off the overhanging vines and branches.  When creeper-covered this wire will be invisible!