Bomani Tented Lodge
Bomani Tented Lodge is one of the Imvelo Safari Group’s luxury lodges, located on a 5000 acre private reserve within the Ngamo Forest Area, just outside the Hwange National Park, on the south eastern corner. The name Bomani means “warrior”, and it somehow seems fitting for this tented camp that just oozes character. The lodge […]
Gwango Heritage Resort
Gwango Heritage Resort is a fantastic “value for money” resort, situated as close to the Hwange National Park as you can get. Gwango’s boundary is the same railway line that forms the boundary of the Hwange National Park Main Camp entrance. The resort used to be an old railway farm, but, is now owned and […]
A Piece of Paradise in Kariba
For months there were rumours going around Kariba of a new lodge opening up where the old Kushinga Lodge used to be on Mica Point. I’ve always been one to find out for myself, so I started investigating and sure enough, the group that operates Zambezi Cruise and Safaris had taken up the challenge of […]
Amanzi Lodge
Previously the old Barkers Lodge, Amanzi has been running for the past 16 years, it is owned and run by husband and wife team, Andrew and Julia. It offers a 5 star stay in the heart of the northern suburbs of the capital city of Harare. The lodge consists of 16 private en-suite thatched rooms […]
Rhino Safari Camp
What a close encounter with nature! In the later part of 2018, Woody and I ventured, by speedboat, 50km across the lake to Rhino Safari Camp. We felt very brave, because ofcourse our timing was impeccable, in that there was so much haze on the lake we could barely make out Antelope Island, never mind […]
Imvelo’s Elephant Express Rail Car
The Elephant Express Rail Car has been operating since 2014 and is the ideal way to transfer to Imvelo’s Safari Lodges, Bomani Tented Lodge and Camelthorn Lodge, on the south-eastern outskirts of Hwange National Park. The coach itself was built by Martinus Nel, and has 2 Toyota Landcruiser 2H diesel engines, one at either end […]
Kariba Annual Sailing Event
Organised cruiser sailing on Lake Kariba has over the years taken many formats. Informal racing was started in the 1980’s by John Skinner and John Chadwick which then developed into formal racing events over a week in May each year incorporating the Africa Day holiday. Cruiser Racing Nationals under the auspices of the Cruise and […]
Wilderness Safaris
Our very 1st excursion into Hwange Although Woody and I are both Zimbabwe born and have spent most of our lives living in Zim, it was shocking to realise we had never been to Hwange National Park. With Woody’s business going on annual shutdown for 3 weeks over the Christmas period, we decided to make […]
Kariba Safari Lodge
Kariba Safari Lodge is a newly opened exclusive lodge, located on Mica Point, with a breath-taking view of the eastern basin of Lake Kariba. The lodge is situated on a forested hillside that drops down to the lake shore and a sandy beach area when the lake is low. The entire 33 acres that the […]
Linkwasha
Linkwasha Camp is arguably Wilderness Safaris’ most luxurious and exclusive ‘Classic Camp’ in Zimbabwe and is ideally located inside Hwange National Park, in the south-eastern section, on a private concession. Linkwasha has the famous Ngamo Plains within its concession, which is well known for the exceptional game viewing. Access is either by 4×4 self-drive vehicles […]