4-day Hwange National Park Explorer (Budget)

Spend 3-nights at Ivory Lodge.  Located in a forestry area on the outskirts of Hwange National Park, Ivory Lodge offers family-friendly safari experiences and is famous for its exhilarating up-close sightings of the Presidential Elephant Herd.  The lodge comprises of a Main Thatched dining and lounge area overlooking a guest swimming pool and overlooking a watering hole which is frequented by elephants, predators and a number of plains game species. The rooms themselves are elegantly built on stilted wooden platforms offering elevated views of the open floodplain and watering hole in front of the camp.

Hwange is named after a local Nhanzwa chief, Hwange National Park covers approximately 14,650 square kilometres. It became the royal hunting grounds to the Ndebele warrior-king Mzilikazi in the early 19th Century and was set aside as a National Park in 1929. Hwange 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.

This itinerary is available in 3 levels of accommodation:
DayBudgetStandardSuperior
DayBUDGETSTANDARDSUPERIOR
1Ivory LodgeThe HideVerney's Camp
2Ivory LodgeThe HideVerney's Camp
3Ivory LodgeThe HideVerney's Camp
4EndEndEnd

Highlights

  • Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
  • Hwange National Park
  • Zimbabwe

Tour Summary

Full Day by Day Itinerary

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Day 1 – 3 : Hwange National Park

On arrival into Victoria Falls Airport (VFA) you will be met by a representative and transferred by road to Ivory Lodge located in a forestry area on the outskirts of Hwange National Park, where you will spend 3 nights.
Activities: game drives and walks. Night drives on request

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Day 4 : Departure

Following the morning activity (time permitting) and breakfast, you will be transferred by road to Victoria Falls Airport for your onward international flight.

Included

Meet/greet services
Airport pick-up and drop-off
Accommodation, meals and activities, as per itinerary
All internal light aircraft flights and road transfers, as per itinerary

Excluded

International flights
Travel insurance
Optional activities
Visas
Vaccinations
Gratuities
Increases in park fees, government taxes and levies and fuel