Named and uniquely decorated after their original role in the household (Mother’s Room, The Nursery, The Chapel etc.) each room is delightfully light and airy with four-poster beds, high ceilings and antique furniture. The private patios, meanwhile, provide the perfect spot for a cup of tea in the morning.   

Days on the Satemwa Tea Estate, which produces some of the country’s finest teas, are entirely at your leisure. Tea tastings are naturally on the menu, as are guided walks through Satemwa’s wild coffee fields, hiking to nearby streams and mountain biking up and down nearby dirt roads. The truly adventurous may want to challenge the 3,000m summit of Mt Mulanje, whilst birders can go in search of the endangered Thyolo Alethe. You can even play a round of croquet or boulle on the manicured lawns.