The Hide in Hwange

The Hide in Hwange National Park is an exclusive safari camp. Positioned in its own private concession right on the boundary of the National Park. The whole camp including the bedrooms overlook a waterhole, well used by wildlife.

The Hide in Hwange is truly one of our favourites places to stay. We spend a lot of time in Hwange National Park and this particular section of Park is our favourite. It is amazing for birding and wildlife. In the dry season very large herds of elephant and buffalo gather at the waterholes to drink. It really doesn't get much better than this anywhere in Africa.

Because of Zimbabwe's turmoil in recent years, Hwange is not publicized as a major tourist destination, therefore there are not multitudes of tourists and mini buses. If you find a lion kill you are very likely to be the only people seeing it, which is rare these days in Africa with safari's being so popular.

It's part of why this place is so special and why I would recommend it over somewhere like Chobe, where that game is great but so is the amount of tourists.

It's Real Africa - wild and remote. You will have the chance to see, not only the Big Five but also, wild dog, cheetah, herds of giraffe and countless other species.

The Birdlife is also phenomenal with over 400 species being recorded.

As with all the accommodation and activities on our website we only present products that we have personally done and are completely confident and satisfied with.

It's easy for anyone to write a lovely brochure and make it sound nice, but we want to assure you that The Hide is a quality camp, in a phenomenal location at a reasonable price.

The accommodation as you can see from the photographs is beautiful. Each Lodge is private and has it own little verandah where you can sit an relax and watch the animals as they come down to the waterhole. (read more)

At night the waterhole is floodlight and many of the animals come to drink. I will have a lasting memory of being in our lodge, lying on our superbly comfortable bed and my eyes feasting on the most incredible African Wildlife scene right in front of us.

There are four game viewing activities per day included in the price, you don't have to do them all but they are there if you so wish. (read more)

The whole team at the hide are incredibly hospitable. Cher our hostess couldn't have been more informative and attentive to our needs. The guides on our drives and walks were very knowledgeable and really made the trips interesting. There is no question that you will feel pampered.

The Game - This south section of the park is mostly on Kalahari sands giving rise to a diverse range of habitats. Including large areas of teak and acacia woodlands. There are also many vleis and open grasslands. There are a series of waterholes or pans notably, Ngweshla, Kennedy 1, Kennedy 2 and the Hide Pan.

These pans are the life blood of the animals in the area. In the dry season it is not uncommon to see hundreds of elephants in a single afternoon coming down to drink. Large herds of buffalo also gather and where there are buffalo so are there lions.

In short, the game is phenomenal in this area. Although please remember that game viewing is seasonal and not guaranteed.

There are definitely better times of year than others.  

However the Green Season (Jan-May) is incredibly beautiful with all the new birthed animals and the birdlife especially prolific. April to June are cooler than the rainy season November to March.

Please click on this link to read a fact page giving in depth information on The Hide

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