Hwange Safari Lodge
Large safari hotel · On the boundary, 12 km from the Main Camp gate, beside the airport · African Sun
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Safari company
Not a bush camp but a proper hotel, and the only one with conference capacity in the area. It was fully refurbished in 2024 for its fiftieth year. The floodlit waterhole out front has its own webcam, and it works well if you have no car, since it is the transfer hub for several other lodges.
Why you'd pick it
- Floodlit waterhole with a long-running live webcam
- Fully refurbished in 2024, including a new gym and spa
- Open to non-residents for meals, a good stop before the gate
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Campsite
- Air conditioning
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Night drives
Read from Hwange Safari Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Hwange National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside, and almost no booking site shows you that.
- Park entryThe rate if you drive in from outside.
- $24per person, per day
- Vehicle$10 a day on a day visit, $3 if you are staying inside.
- $10per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $174 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Hwange National ParkRates
From $318 pppn full board. $334 to $374 July to December; activities are extra. Room-only rates through booking sites work out far lower, around $128 per person.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We have not been able to check whether meals, drinks and activities are included here, so treat this figure as the bed alone until it is.
Indicative 2026 rates from operators' own rate cards, gathered July 2026. Always confirm with the lodge. One thing to watch when comparing: some camps include ZimParks fees in their rate and some do not, which shifts the real gap by $12 to $36 per person per night.