Somalisa Camp
Luxury tented suites · Private concession on the Kennedy Vlei line, eastern sector · African Bush Camps
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Inside the park
Safari company
The elephant pool is the image everyone knows: a plunge pool on the main deck that elephants drink from while you sit beside it. Founded by a Black Zimbabwean guide who built one of Africa's better safari companies from this camp outwards.
Why you'd pick it
- The famous elephant pool: they drink from the deck plunge pool at arm's length
- First Gold Green Tourism certification in Zimbabwe
- Founded by a Zimbabwean guide, Beks Ndlovu
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Bar
- Solar or 24h power
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Birding
- Community visits
Read from Somalisa Camp'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 for guests sleeping inside the park.
- $12per person, per day
- VehicleForeign-registered vehicle, at the staying-inside rate.
- $3per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $81 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Sleeping inside the boundary is what keeps that low. $12 if you sleep inside the park, against $24 a day for anyone driving in from outside.
The full fee schedule for Hwange National ParkRates
From $630 pppn. $850 in shoulder season, $1,390 June to October. A conservation and community levy applies on top.
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.