Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve, Game reserve in northwestern Malawi

Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve is a 1,000 km2 game reserve in Rumphi District, Northern Region of Malawi, southeast of the Nyika Plateau and north of the South Rukuru River floodplains. Most of it lies on low, flat ground, with hills on its eastern side, and it is covered by Mopane and Miombo woodland and marshy wetlands. Lake Kazuni, with its hippo pod, lies inside the reserve, and Kazuni Safari Camp stands by the water.

Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve was gazetted as a national game reserve in Malawi; the sources give no founding date. Its wildlife crosses into Zambia's North Luangwa National Park, so animal numbers vary by season. In the South Rukuru River, rangers rescued Moses, an orphaned elephant later taken to the Jumbo Foundation orphanage in Lilongwe.

The reserve lies west of Rumphi in Malawi's Northern Region, and the Kazuni Safari Camp sits by Lake Kazuni, a small lake where visitors watch animals come to drink. The reserve's name comes from the Vwaza Marsh itself, the wetland that draws waterbirds such as Goliath herons and openbill storks.

Visitors explore the reserve on foot, usually accompanied by experienced guides who know the best routes and where animals gather. Wildlife viewing is easiest during the drier months from July to October, when animals concentrate around available water sources.

Rangers at Vwaza rescued an orphaned elephant calf named Moses in the South Rukuru river; he was later taken to the Jumbo Foundation elephant orphanage in Lilongwe. Camera-trap surveys have recorded lions, leopards and wild dogs in the reserve, though lions are probably transient. The reserve also holds 398 species of vascular plants from 71 families.