Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Gonarezhou National Park Lodges. Drawing on nature’s beauty and innate wisdom, Chilo Lodge is an ingenious blend of rustic ethnic design and elegant luxury, offering a premier Zimbabwe safari in the famous Gonarezhou National Park. Choose this five-star cliff-top setting where incredible game viewing is the main attraction for your dream tour to Zimbabwe on the African continent.

Voyage2Africa loves the way each chalet at Chilo Gorge Lodge has been created with hand-carved wooden accessories, woven reeds, and wooden decks with magnificent views over the varying river landscapes. 

Did you know that Gonarezhou is so breath-taking that most of your time will be spent game driving, marvelling at the sensory explosion that hits you every hour of every day – it is more than 5 000 square km of huge sandstone cliffs, stately baobab trees and scrubby open plains. It is remote and hardly touched by tourism so get there if you love an authentic solitary safari in an untouched wilderness. 

Zimbabwe is known as the Land of the Elephant and the Shona word for elephant is Nzhou, hence the name of the second largest park in Zimbabwe, Gonarezhou. Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge is quite the best place to stay if you like a few comforts plus an ethical focus on fauna and flora and friendly genuine hospitality. Your ranger will help you find leopards, Roan antelope, jackals and buffalo. 

Take drives from Chilo Gorge across the Save River into the vastness of Gonarezhou to find the Chilojo Cliffs, water points, incredible wildlife, and ever-changing vegetation – this refuge offers something for everyone!

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Welcome to a powerful story about conservation and community development in the breathtaking national park of Gonarezhou where the jewel of a safari lodge, Chilo Gorge, is a top-end accommodation venue for your adventure travels.

Find Chilo Gorge Private Lodge on a river with the best views imaginable of the undulating scrubby plains and baobab trees typical of this part of Zimbabwe, and the red cliffs that loom and create amazing sunsets.

Elegant, thatched chalets offer guests a wonderful retreat after game drives with their private decks, designer interiors, quality linens and large beds with everlasting views – everything is natural, hand created and ethnic, African and real. Awaken to mesmerizing sunrises and sip a freshly brewed coffee as you get ready to go game driving all morning to find herds of elephants in this Land of the Elephants, Roan antelope, buffalo and the big cats too. 

The private Nhambo self-catering lodge features four 2-bedroomed chalets with their combined kitchen and lounge, braai area and deck with a plunge pool, each chalet completely private and serene – ideal for a group that likes its own space in the wilds of Gonarezhou.