The Hide Safari Camp
Luxury tented camp · Private concession on the eastern boundary, just over an hour from Main Camp · The Preston family
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High-end
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Founded in 1992 and still run by the same family, and the reason to come is the hide. A tunnel runs from the deck to an underground photographic hide at water level, which you can use unaccompanied at any hour. Nothing else in Hwange comes close.
Why you'd pick it
- An underground hide reached by a ten-metre tunnel straight from the camp deck
- A wine cellar built into the tunnel, and you can go alone whenever you like
- The Dove's Nest treehouse sleep-out, free on three nights or more
What's here
- Bar
- En-suite bathrooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
- Birding
Read from The Hide Safari 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 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 $445 pppn. Green season $445 to $467, April to May $565 to $595, June to October $795 to $835. Fully inclusive with up to four activities a day.
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.