See our legendary safaris and tours to Hwange National Park, a breath-taking conservation area that takes centre stage for some of Africa’s most compelling wildlife dramas and predator-prey interactions. Choose from our Hwange accommodation with Voyage2Africa on one of our Zimbabwe safaris to Hwange and watch lion prides in carefully orchestrated hunts and hippo turf wars in the shallow pans.
Hwange National Park (formerly Wankie Game Reserve) is the largest natural reserve in Zimbabwe, stretching a vast 14,600 square km in area. It’s easily accessible, lying in the northwest of the country, just off the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. It offers some exceptional safaris and Hwange accommodation for your safari to Zimbabwe.
Hwange is close to the edge of the Kalahari desert, a region with little water and very sparse vegetation, dominated by gorgeous Zambezi Teak trees, mopane woodland, seasonal wetlands and grasslands. Hwange National Park hosts over 100 mammal and 400 bird species including 19 large herbivores and eight large carnivores.
Hwange contains all of Zimbabwe’s specially protected species and it is the only protected area where small numbers of gemsbok and brown hyena occur. The African wild dog population in Hwange National Park is thought to be of one of the larger surviving groups in Africa today, and elephants have been enormously successful too.
Make Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe the focal point of your Zimbabwe tour and include Victoria Falls, Mana Pools and Lake Kariba. It’s accessible yet remote and features a range of luxury and mid-range Hwange accommodation for all off-the-beaten-track Hwange National Park safaris. Perfect for families and honeymoon couples enjoying Africa together.
Matabele Kings, Mzilikazi and Lobengula, owned the land before the white hunters arrived in the late 1800s and slaughtered thousands of wild animals, denuding the landscape into a wasteland.
After the negative impacts of the white hunting days, the region was declared a wildlife conservation area in 1930 to preserve what was left of the fauna and flora and three nature reserves were merged to form the then Wankie National Park. Later, when Zimbabwe gained independence and there was more funding for conservation, the park was renamed Hwange after a local Nhanzwa chief.
In 1928, when the reserve was first established, there was so little wildlife in the region and not even 1000 elephants left after all the rampant hunting. With the introduction of artificial water holes slowly, wildlife numbers increased, birdlife proliferated and tourism took off. Today elephant numbers stand at about 30 to 40 000!
Today there are 480 km of roads in the Hwange National Park Zimbabwe for tourism and wildlife management although some roads close during the rains while night driving is not permitted.
Accommodation choices today in Hwange National Park are many and world-class establishments cater for all needs of budgets and tastes. Several upmarket safari lodges and camps in the private concessions in Hwange are run by private businesses and these are on a scale that matches the best safari destinations in Botswana, Kenya, Kruger and Zambia.
Get the entire family on a safari holiday to Zimbabwe that they will never forget. It is the perfect place for a family safari in Zimbabwe.
Many of the luxury lodges in Hwange are family focussed so let us help plan your holiday to Hwange. Lodges like Nantwich and Hwange Safari Lodge are some perfect choices.
Plan a Zimbabwe tour and safari with Voyage2Africa, the African travel experts, and enjoy signature experiences in Hwange National Park. We also bring you thrilling adventures in the southern regions like Victoria Falls, Mana Pools and Lake Kariba that combine well with Hwange on your safari to Zimbabwe.
We offer you the best of the best safari accommodation in Zimbabwe. Bring your camera and your hat, your binoculars and your sense of spirit to apiece of remote Africa.
