Camps

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Elephant Point

Elephant’s Point is situated in the Omay Communal Lands overlooking Sibilobilo Lagoon approximately ten kilometer from Bumi Hills/Katete. Eight large walk-in tents are sited on raised timber platforms, each with its own private view of Sibilobilo Lagoon, private en-suite facilities, solar powered lighting, as well as comfortable chairs and tables on each verandah. A plentiful supply of iced water and bowls of fresh fruit add to the personal touches. The main area has a reception/shop, bar, dining area and outside fraii/camp fire unit. Activities include use of the pool, boat service to Bumi, fishing, canoeing, walks from the camp by way of a nature trail, game drives, boat safaris and visits to villages of the local Tonga, one of the most famous tribes in Zimbabwe.

Kiplings

Kipling’s, a new luxury safari lodge, caters for its guests in ten twin-thatched chalets, each with its own view of the lake, river or Matusadona Mountains. The chalets have eight-meter high, steep-pitched roofs for cooling, and a private outside deck where guests can sit and enjoy the scenery. There are no cropped lawns leaving natural bush to grow rights up to the chalets. All chalets have twin beds and five of the chalets have the option of a double bed. The rooms are spacious and tastefully decorated. The main lodge, with its eleven-meter high roof, houses the dining room, bar, splash pool, reception and kitchen. This circular building has an upstairs seating area from which the views are most spectacular. There is a wooden deck encircling the front of the main lodge which provides a perfect place for guests to relax and sip cool drinks while appreciating the splendour of Lake Kariba.

Musango

Musango Safari Camp is situated on its own island in Lake Kariba. This spectacular camp overlooks the Ume River and Matusadona National Park. Musango Safari Camp offers guests a wide range of activities from which to explore the plethora of wildlife that the area supports.

Your hosts, Steve and Wendy Edwards and their professional staff, will take guests walking, driving, game-viewing by boat or canoe, fishing or on a local village tour. Musango boasts the highest ratio of guides to guests. Specialties include walks into the Matusadona National Park and the nearby Game Sanctuary where the guides have an incredible success rate of locating the rare black rhino. Game-viewing by boat and casual canoe paddling up adjacent creeks where bird life is prolific and the scenery breathtaking are also popular activities. Musango offers limited and seasonal fishing and the boats are fully equipped with tackle and bait. They also conduct dinosaur fossil and early stone-age site visits as well as specialized birding trips.

Accommodation is in large comfortably furnished safari tents set under cool thatch. Each tent has a stone-built bathroom with all of the amenities. The dining area, lounge, bar and viewing platform are in a two-story traditionally thatched building with commanding views of Lake Kariba.

• Situated on its own island in Lake Kariba
• Maximum of 16 guests
• Accommodations in luxury safari tents with stone bathroom.
• Hot and cold running water with showers, flush toilet and hand basin
• Swimming Pool
• 2 Honeymoon suites with private plunge pool
• Complimentary laundry service
• Open all year

• Game walks
• Game-viewing by boat
• Canoeing
• Birdwatching
• Fishing on Lake Kariba
• Game drives in 4WD open vehicles
• Game-viewing platform
• Excursions to dinosaur fossil sites
• Visits to the local village

Matusadona Water Lodge

Matusadona Water Lodge is a small safari camp situated on the shores of Lake Kariba just outside of Matusadona National Park. This lodge combines the best of Lake Kariba and a great wildlife experience. The lodge consists of four twin-bedded floating chalets, moored in a secluded bay for a maximum of eight guests. Each of the floating rooms has a veranda to relax on and enjoy the view as well being equipped with its own toilet and shower. For dining and socialization at the lounge, you go to the "mother ship". Commute between units in your chalet’s canoe or the camp’s pontoon. Boating safaris get you close to the animals in the water or along the shoreline. Fishermen might take this opportunity to try and catch the Tiger fish. Driving and walking safaris are also great ways to seek out the Black Rhino, Elephant, Buffalo and Lion that frequent the area.

Sanyati Lodge

Set on a rocky hillside on the edge of Lake Kariba and bordering the isolated Matusadona Game Reserve, Sanyati Lodge is only three hundred meters from the Sanyati Gorge. Accommodation is provided in beautiful open stone and thatch chalets, set well apart from each other to ensure privacy. Each chalet has its own breathtaking view of the lake and en suite shower and toilet facilities. The double storey honeymoon chalet has its own private plunge pool. Visitors gather for meals in one of the camp’s two open sided dining-patio areas, both of which offer panoramic views across Lake Kariba. Guests can choose from relaxing by one of the lodge’s two pools, to fishing, or bird watching trips in and around the shoreline of the Matusadona National Park.

Gache Gache

Overlooking the Gache Gache Estuary, the lodge is set on the shores of Lake Kariba in a private concession adjoining the Charara Safari area. Accommodation is provided in thatched open-fronted, terracotta cottages, each with en-suite facilities and a private verandah that looks out over the estuary. The open-sided main building, with its thatched roof and panoramic views, is the central focus of the lodge and houses the bar and open-air dining room. Guests can choose from game viewing by boat along the shores of the lake or up the Gache Gache River, day or night game drives by open vehicle, or for the more energetic, walking safaris accompanied by a professional game ranger.

Fothergill

Cradled at the foot of the Matusadona National Park on the edge of Lake Kariba, Fothergill Island offers comfortable, open-style thatched lodges with en-suite showers and flush toilets. Every room boasts memorable views over the lake and its game-rich flood plain. The double-storey, thatched dining lodge with its swimming pool and bar acts as a base fro the day’s activities and becomes the hub of camp-life once night falls. Activities include excellent fishing for tiger fish, game viewing by boat or by Landrover, walking safaris and guided canoe trails, all headed by professional, licensed guides.

Water Wilderness

Water Wilderness, a unique safari concept, floats on a tributary of the Ume River on Lake Kariba. The camp is comprised of four twin-bedded self-contained houseboats tethered to half submerged trees, as well as a central mother craft, where meals are served. All houseboats are equipped with solar power, hot and cold water, a shower and a chemical toilet. A professional game guide provides a deep and fascinating insight into the surrounding environment, whether fishing, birdwatching, canoeing or walking. You can also go game viewing along the lakeshore on foot or by canoe. You have an unparalleled opportunity to be close to wildlife and nature. It is an experience enriched by the sensation of the vast African sky above. Only the snorting hippo interrupts the tranquil setting of this water wilderness.