Club Marina

★ 3.4 · 19 reviews Karonga Opened Opening date unknown

The lake-facing bar cool enough to camp beside

Club Marina sits on Old Town Road facing the lake, in the older part of Karonga that predates the newer M1 development. A group of journalists once camped here because of the heat, writing that the club faces the lake and gets a cool breeze.

It runs its own beer tastings and events rather than just serving as a hotel bar. It's listed as specialty lodging as much as a bar, but the bar gets talked about more.

Good to know

• A journalist who camped here specifically noted the lake breeze cuts the district's heat, worth an evening drink outside for that alone.

What guests say

Reviews by Google

• T Thokozani Limbanga 112 reviews · Local Guide 28 May 2025

  It's expensive thought relatively fair

• F Farie 37 reviews · Local Guide 27 September 2023

  Rooms are not the greatest but I just loved the staff

• T Timothy Zeiset 7 reviews · Local Guide 17 April 2019

  No showers were working and the backup generator was not big enough to run the A/C, so we sweated it out. Our price was reduced from 18,500 MKW to 15,000 as a result. They allowed us to keep our 5 children with us in the same room with no extra charge other than pay for the extra breakfasts.

• M Matt Maroon 78 reviews · Local Guide 21 April 2018

  Perfect, simple rooms. A kitchen that cooks great food, and the greatest location to springboard and see Karonga town.

Old Town Road, Karonga, Malawi © OpenStreetMap

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