Somalisa Expeditions
Meru tents on platforms · Same concession as Somalisa Camp, eastern sector · African Bush Camps
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The clever booking in this park. You get exactly the same private concession, the same guides and the same elephant pool as Somalisa Camp, in a simpler tent, for a third less. If you care more about what you see than what you sleep in, book this.
Why you'd pick it
- Best price-to-access ratio in Hwange
- Identical traversing rights to its luxury sister camp
- Deliberately simpler, lighter footprint
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Bar
- Family rooms
- Solar or 24h power
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Birding
- Community visits
Read from Somalisa Expeditions'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 $490 pppn. $630 shoulder, $930 June to October. Same concession rights as Somalisa Camp at around two-thirds the rate.
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.