OK so this page doesn't really warrent it's own page, certainly not on the basis of my visit, however for completeness sake here it it.

Basically myself and a few friends visited Kasungu National Park recently (Early August) and we saw:

Two Kudu
A small herd of Hartebeest
A small group of Hippos
A pile of fresh Elephant droppings!

Apparantly others have been and seen less!  The park itself is quite large and covered mostly in woodland, not dissimilar to South Luangwa in Zambia so spotting the game is not that easy, the road in is pretty good and takes you to the Camp.  This was built while the park was run by Omar Sherif and is very plush - prices are high reflecting the standard of accomodation.  However, although the buildings are nice, I think more attention to landscaping the site could be made.  The main lodge looks over an atificial lake, which is where the hippos live - almost perminantly occupying the same spot - so they're easy to find.

Talking to one of the game scouts (the head scott?), it seems that the lodge has a monopoly on game drives within the park, so you either have to join one of theirs, or hire one of their scouts - a friend with the wildlife society of Malawi is currently investigating whether this true or note - all the parks in Malawi are still owned by the government.  Anyway, after a brief discussion about the where-abouts of the animals we were allowed to take a slight detour off the main road back, which is when the Hartebeests were spotted through some trees.

Another snippet of information from the guide.  Apparently the main herds of Elephant where in the north of the park, actually slightly further north than they should have been.  It seems that the local people who live north of the park tried to reclaim some of the park land for themselves, and so removed the fences.  The Elephants then proceded to leave the park and eat the villagers crops.  After discussions between park and village chiefs it's been agreed that the locals will rebuild the fence with materials supplied by the park authorities - you live and you learn!

One last item of interest:  On the road from Kasungu to the park, there is a large mansion up on the hill.  This is the former president's - Mr Hastings Kamuzu Banda - "home" - he claims to have been born in Kasungu district.