Hwange National Park map
An interactive map, the coordinates of the camps, gates and the waterholes worth planning your day around, plus how to navigate a park with no signal.
Interactive map of Hwange National Park
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Short answer
There is no official Hwange map as a PDF. ZimParks does not publish one, which is a real gap rather than something you are failing to find. What exists is the commercial Tracks4Africa Hwange map, the sketch map handed out at Main Camp when you pay, and the interactive map below with the coordinates of every gate, camp and pan worth planning a day around.
Everything on the map
Lodges and camps 31
- Bomani Tented LodgeHigh-end · From $445 pppn
- Bumbusi Wilderness CampHigh-end · From $463 pppn
- Camelthorn LodgeHigh-end · From $500 pppn
- Camp HwangeHigh-end · From $550 pppn
- Deteema Springs CampHigh-end · From $604 pppn
- Ganda LodgeMid-range · From about $120 pppn
- Guvalala (Sleep-out platforms)Budget · $60 per person
- Gwango Heritage ResortBudget · From $10 camping
- Hwange Bush CampHigh-end · From $566 pppn
- Hwange Safari LodgeMid-range · From $318 pppn full board
- Ivory LodgeHigh-end · From $494 pppn
- Jozibanini CampHigh-end · From $355 pppn
- Kapula Private Camp (location approximate)Mid-range · From about $73 pppn
- Khulu Bush CampHigh-end · From $650 pppn
- Makwa (Sleep-out platforms) (location approximate)Budget · $60 per person
- Miombo Safari CampHigh-end · From $100 half board
- Muddy TeakHigh-end
- Nantwich LodgeHigh-end · From $463 pppn
- Nehimba LodgeHigh-end · From $495 pppn
- Robins CampMid-range · From $40 camping
- Sable Valley Lodge (location approximate)High-end · From $550 pppn
- Somalisa AcaciaTop-end · From $630 pppn
- Somalisa CampTop-end · From $630 pppn
- Somalisa ExpeditionsHigh-end · From $490 pppn
- The Hide Safari CampHigh-end · From $445 pppn
- The SidingBudget · Enquire
- The Track ShackBudget · Enquire
- Verney's CampTop-end · From $718 pppn
- Wilderness Davison's CampHigh-end · From $586 pppn
- Wilderness LinkwashaTop-end · From $803 pppn
- Wilderness Little MakaloloTop-end · From $774 pppn
Campsites and park camps 20
- Agnes camp siteCampsite · outside the park
- Camp SilwaneCampsite · outside the park
- Campsite GwangoCampsite · outside the park
- Deteema Dam Camp (exclusiv Camp)
- Forestry Hunting CampCampsite · outside the park
- Guvalava Pan (exclusive camp)
- Insiza CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
- Intundla campCampsite · outside the park
- Jambili Campsite
- Katshetsheti CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
- Kennedy Camp Site
- Mandavu (Exclusive picnic sites)Budget · $235 per site
- Masuma (Exclusive picnic sites)Budget · $235 per site
- Ngweshla Camp (Exclusive Camp)
- Panda Rest CampCampsite · outside the park
- R Davies & Co.
- Shumba (Exclusive picnic sites)Budget · $235 per site
- Tuskers CampCampsite · outside the park
- ZimParks Main CampBudget · From $23 per camping site
- ZimParks SinamatellaBudget · From $23 per camping site
Pans and waterholes 161
- Airstrip Pan
- Annabelle PanPan · outside the park
- Backward PanPan · seasonal
- Balla Balla PanPan · seasonal
- Basha Pan
- Beaver Pan
- Bembesi Pan
- Big Shumba PanPan · seasonal
- Big Tom Waterhole
- Bobojani PanPan · outside the park
Show the other 151 pans and waterholes
- Bomani Camp PanPan · outside the park
- Bomani PanPan · outside the park
- Broken Rifle Pan
- Camp Hwange PanPan · seasonal
- Caterpillar Pan
- Cement Pan
- Chebema Pan
- Chingahobe Dam
- Chris's Pan
- Corner PanPan · outside the park
- Danga Pan
- Davison's Pan
- Dete VleiPan · outside the park
- Deteema Dam
- Dina Pan
- Dom Pan
- Domtshetsuh PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Dopi PanPan · seasonal
- Dwarf Mongoose Pan
- Dynamite Pan
- Eland PanPan · outside the park
- Elephant's Eye PanPan · outside the park
- Ganda PanPan · outside the park
- Garangwe Pan
- Grannies PanPan · seasonal
- Guvalava Pan
- Hendrick's Pan
- Hot SprintPan · spring
- Hwa Hwa Du Pan
- Hwange Safari Lodge PanPan · outside the park
- Ilambo DamPan · outside the park
- Inkonkoni PanPan · outside the park
- Insiza PanPan · outside the park
- Inyangayendlovhu PanPan · seasonal
- Inyantue Dam
- Ivory PanPan · outside the park
- Jambili Pan
- Jijima PanPan · outside the park
- Josivanini
- Kakori PanPan · outside the park
- Kaoshe PanPan · seasonal
- Kapani PanPan · seasonal
- Kapula North Pan
- Kapula South Pan
- Kazuma DepressionPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Kennedy Pan 1
- Kennedy Pan 2
- Khanondo PanPan · outside the park
- Khulu PanPan · outside the park
- Leasha Pan
- Lememba Pan
- Libuti Pan
- Lily Pad PanPan · seasonal
- Little Kariba PanPan · seasonal
- Little Makalolo Pan
- Little Somavundhla Pan
- Little Tom Waterhole
- Mabale PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Maboma PanPan · outside the park
- Mabuya Mabena PanPan · seasonal
- Madison Pan
- Madundumela Pan
- Madundumela Pan
- Major Pan
- Makalolo PanPan · seasonal
- Makololo Pan #1
- Makololo Pan #2
- Makona Pan
- Mambanje PanPan · outside the park
- Mandavu Dam
- Mandiseka Pan
- Manga 1 Pan
- Manga 2 Pan
- Manga 3 Pan
- Manghisole PanPan · seasonal
- Mapande PanPan · outside the park
- Marks Pan
- Mashambo PanPan · seasonal
- Masuma DamExclusive picnic site and one of the park's best hides
- Masummamalisa Pan
- Matambo (Nyati) Pan
- Matoa PanPan · seasonal
- Maulasangwe Pan
- Mbazau Pan
- Mbiza Pan
- Mfagazana Pan
- Mfudu Pan
- Mitswiri Pan
- Mobobotswa PanPan · seasonal
- Molly PanPan · outside the park
- Mpisa Pan
- Mpofu PanPan · outside the park
- Mtaliyana PanPan · outside the park
- Mtandasokwe panPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Mtaranaka 1 panPan · outside the park
- Muddy PanPan · outside the park
- Nantwich Dam
- Nehimba Pan
- Ngamo Pan 1
- Ngwenya Pan 1
- Ngwenya Pan 2
- Ngweshla Pan
- Njekwa Pan
- Nyamandhlovu PanElevated viewing platform, the best-known day hide
- Puffadder PanPan · seasonal
- Pump Dopi PanPan · borehole · pumped
- Pump Sinanga PanPan · borehole · pumped
- Python Pan
- Ray's Pan
- Roan PanPan · outside the park
- Roan PanPan · seasonal
- Sable Valley PanPan · outside the park
- Salt Pan
- Salt SpingPan · salt pan
- Salt SpringsPan · salt pan
- Secheche Pan
- Shabu Shabi Pan
- Shakwankie Pan
- Shoot PanPan · seasonal
- Shumba Pan
- Sibaya PanPan · seasonal
- Sidanga Main Pan
- Sidanga Platform Pan
- Skova PanPan · seasonal
- Somadada PanPan · outside the park
- Somalisa Acacia Pan
- Somalisa Pan
- Somapadlana PanPan · outside the park
- Sonyati Pan
- Stoffel's Pan
- Stoffies Pan
- Tamafupa Pan
- Tamasanka Pan
- Tamboyentyndhla Pan
- Tibukai Pan
- Togo Pan
- Tsamhole Pan
- Tsamtsa Pan
- Tshabema PanPan · seasonal
- Tshebetshebe Pan 1
- Tshebetshebe Pan 2Pan · seasonal
- Tshompani DamPan · seasonal
- Tum Tum PanPan · seasonal
- Umkawazaan Pan
- Umtshibi Pan
- Verney's Pan
- Waterloop
- Waterplaats DamPan · outside the park
- Wexcau Pan
- White Hills Pan
- XIXI-Amabandi Pan
Rivers and springs 24
- ChantariRiver · outside the park
- ChiteteRiver · outside the park
- Deka RiverRiver · outside the park
- Deteema
- Gwayi RiverRiver · outside the park
- IlamboRiver · outside the park
- InyantueRiver · outside the park
- KamativRiver · outside the park
- KamavimbaRiver · outside the park
- KanaRiver · outside the park
Show the other 14 rivers and springs
- KapaniRiver · outside the park
- KateteRiver · outside the park
- Lubanda RiverRiver · outside the park
- Mandavu
- ManyandeRiver · outside the park
- MarengaRiver · outside the park
- MazolaRiver · outside the park
- MbalaRiver · outside the park
- NagapandeRiver · outside the park
- NataRiver · outside the park
- Nunga RiverRiver · outside the park
- Shangani RiverRiver · outside the park
- TegwaniRiver · outside the park
- TindeRiver · outside the park
Hides 8
- Big Tom's Viewing Hide
- Crocs Pool Hide
- Deteema Dam Hide
- Grannies Pan Hide
- Little Tom's Viewing Hide
- Masuma Dam Hide
- Nyamandhlovu Pan Hide
- Shumba Hide
Viewing towers 3
- Robins Camp Tower
- Tsamhole Fire Tower
- Watch Tower
Viewing platforms 3
- Big Toms Game Viewing Platform
- Game Viewing Platform
- Observation platform
Viewpoints 27
- Baobab Pan
- Chivisa Pan
- Cross Mabale - Ch 264 +410Viewpoint · outside the park
- EurekaViewpoint · outside the park
- Inyangayendhlovu Pan
- MadziwanaViewpoint · outside the park
- Mandavu Dam
- Old Game Scout Camp - deserted
- Roan Pan viewpoint
- Sedina Pan
Show the other 9 viewpoints
- Shapi Pan
- Tshebetshebe Pan Waterhole
- Tshebetshebe Pan Waterhole #2
- Viewpoint Riverbed
- Viewpoint Riverbed
- Waterhole (man made)
- Waterhole Ngwenya Pan #1
- Waterhole Ngwenya Pan #2
- White Hills Pan Viewpoint
- Plus 8 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Picnic sites 6
- Bembesi Picnic Site
- Deetema Picnic side
- Mabuya Mabena Picnic Site
- Ngweshla Camp (day visitors)
- Plus 2 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Gates 6
- Border Control ZimbabweGate · border post · outside the park
- Main Camp Gate
- Mandavu Dam gate
- Nantwich Gate
- Park gateGate · outside the park
- Sinamatella Gate
Airstrips 19
- Bomani Airstrip
- Chawato Airfield
- Elephant Sands Airstrip
- Giraffe Springs AirstripAirstrip · FVGS · gravel
- Hwange Main Camp Airfield (CLOSED)Airstrip · FVMC
- Hwange National Park AirportAirstrip · HWN FVWN
- Hwange Town AirportAirstrip · WKI FVWT
- Libuti Airstrip
- Linkwasha AirstripAirstrip · FVLK
- Mabikwa AirstripAirstrip · FVMF
Show the other 9 airstrips
- Manga AirstripAirstrip · gravel
- Matetsi Airstrip (CLOSED)
- Mukusi Airstrip
- Pandamatenga AirportAirstrip · FBPA
- Robins Airstrip
- Shumba AirstripAirstrip · gravel
- Sinamatella Airstrip
- Sipepa Airstrip
- Untshibi Airstrip
Towns 15
- Cross DeteVillage
- Cross MabaleVillage
- DebetshaVillage
- Dete
- Hwange
- JotsholoVillage
- KamativiVillage
- KorodzibaVillage
- LukosiHamlet
- Lupane
Show the other 5 towns
- ManxotaeVillage
- MwembaVillage
- NgamoVillage
- Pandamatenga
- SepakoVillage
Fuel 11
- BP
- BP
- Caltex
- Engen
- Engen
- Shell
- Total
- Total
- Total - out of service
- TotalErg
- Plus 1 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Clinics 11
- Bemba Clinic
- Chibondo Clinic
- Hwange Colliery HospitalHospital
- Hwange Medical CentreDoctors
- Jotsholo Rural Health Center
- LSU Clinic
- Lukosi HospitalHospital
- Lupane Rural Health Center
- Mpanedziba Rural Health Care Centre
- No. 1 Clinic
Show the other 1 clinics
- Pandamatenga Clinic
Download the official park map
ZimParks does not publish a downloadable Hwange map, which is a genuine gap. The most practical printed reference is the Tracks4Africa Hwange map, sold commercially, and the sketch maps handed out at Main Camp when you pay your fees.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Main Camp | Main gate, ZimParks office, accommodation and airstrip | -18.73235, 26.95219 |
| Nyamandhlovu Pan | Elevated viewing platform, the best-known day hide | -18.77567, 26.88894 |
| Sinamatella | Northern camp on the escarpment above the Deka | -18.58544, 26.31803 |
| Robins Camp | North-western camp, permanent water and big buffalo herds | -18.62955, 25.98698 |
| Masuma Dam | Exclusive picnic site and one of the park's best hides | -18.73115, 26.28000 |
| Ngweshla | Picnic site and prime dry-season game concentration | -19.02552, 27.10655 |
| Cross Mabale turn-off | Leave the A8 here for the 23 km tar road to Main Camp | -18.57074, 27.03500 |
Navigating Hwange
- Tracks4Africa covers Hwange properly, including the pans, picnic sites and which tracks are seasonal. Worth the money if you are self-driving.
- Download the Zimbabwe region in OsmAnd or Organic Maps as a free backup.
- Pick up the sketch map at Main Camp when you pay your fees, and ask which loops are open.
- Plan your day around pans rather than distance. In September a single good waterhole beats a hundred kilometres of driving.
The one rule that catches people out
You must be back in camp by 18:00, and gates open at 06:00. Hwange is big and the internal roads are slow, so work backwards from that curfew when you plan a route. Being late can bring a fine, and there is no driving after dark anywhere in the park.
Assume there is no fuel for sale inside Hwange. Fill up in Victoria Falls, Bulawayo, Hwange town or Dete and carry enough range for your whole circuit plus a reserve.