Hwange National Park is the largest in Zimbabwe, covering an impressive 14,650 sq km, with the main entrance located a two-hour drive or 30-minute flight south of Victoria Falls. The park is named after a local Nhanzwa chief, and was once the royal hunting ground for the Ndebele warrior-king Mzilikazi, before being classified as a protected National Park in 1929.
Hwange National Park boasts a tremendous selection of wildlife with over 100 species of mammals and nearly 400 bird species recorded. The elephants of Hwange are world-famous and the Park’s elephant population is one of the largest in the world. Perhaps most exciting is the 50,000-strong population of tusker elephants, whose presence is world-renowned and a joy to watch day after day.
Visiting Hwange National Park Zimbabwe during the dry winter months of July to October guarantees spectacular wildlife sightings, as animals gather around the waterholes in the park to drink.
Accommodation
You can drive most of Hwange National park’s roads in a 2×4 vehicle, and there are many options of places to stay to suit a range of budgets. There are private luxury lodges both inside and outside of Hwange which offer fully inclusive rates, while inside the park there are three Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority camps, Robins, Sinamatella and the largest one at Main Camp, which has affordable lodges, self-catering cottages and campsites, as well as exclusive camps and wild campsites
How to get there
Access to the Park may be made by:
Air
An unlicensed airstrip exists at Main Camp for private/ charter aircraft. Prior permission to land must be obtained at Main Camp. Please note there are no hangars. Hwange National Park Airport is situated nearby.
Road
It is usually possible from May to October to enter the Park by any designated access road and to drive to any of the camps. During the wet season though, advice should be sought as to the best routes. The visitor reception at each camp will provide advice on the many game-viewing drives of the 480 kilometres of the Park’s road system. Please note that the camps are interconnected by a road network, however, the roads are not always in the best of conditions.
To Main Camp
The turn-off to Main Camp is at the 264,5 kilometre peg on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road. From here a tar road (15 kilometres) leads to the Park boundary at the railway crossing, a short distance from the Camp.
To Sinamatella Camp
A tar then gravel road branches off the main Bulawyo – Victoria Falls Road near the town of Hwange. The Camp is reached 45 kilometres further on via Mbala lodge in the Deka Safari Area.
To Robins Camp
A gravel road turns off the main Bulawayo – Victoria Falls Road 48 kilometres south of Victoria Falls. From the junction it is approximately 70 kilometres to Robins Camp and en route there is a turn off to Matetsi Safari Area headquarters and to Pandamatenga. Robins Camp can also be reached by road through the Park from Main Camp and Sinamatella during the dry season. If proceeding through one of these camps obtain information about the route from the relevant camp.
Nearest Towns
HWANGE
80 km
VICTORIA FALLS
116 km
BULAWAYO
286 km
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