Matema Beach

Livingstone Mountains from Matema Beach
Livingstone Mountains from Matema Beach

Matema is an active market village with a beach on the coast of Lake Nyasa, situated 45 kilometres from Kyela.

In Matema you can enjoy:-

  1. The beach, for sunbathing and relaxing
  2. Lake Nyasa, for swimming,snorkelling,ornamental fish watching direct in the lake waters with your naked eyes,skuba diving and fishing
  3. Lyulilo and Ikombe pottery industry which are both in Ikombe village on the shores of the Livingstone mountains.
  4. Nakyala ritual cave on the tip of the lake Nyasa shore with the Livingstone mountains as well
  5. Ornamental fish viewing at the cave direct into the lake water, snorkelling or scuba diving 
  6. Mwalalo water falls of the Mwalalo river which is in the Livingstone mountains in Matema.It is about 2 hours up climbing the mountains and about 1 hour or even less back to the village.
  7. Village Tours.These include cocoa,banana and red palm oil tours which take you to watch the proccessing of the cocoa and red palm oil processing.
  8. Hippo watching.Hippos are on the confluence of the river Lufilyo one of the big 4 Kyela rivers flowing its water in lake Nyasa.It is about an hour walk to the river from Matema.
Matema village market with lots of pottery activities,fishing,shopping to mention a few.
Matema village market with lots of pottery activities,fishing,shopping to mention a few.