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The Hwange Specialists

23/06/2020 Martin Accommodation, Africa, anti-poaching, Camps, Community, Conservation, Elephant, Hwange, Lodges, Safari, safari planning, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is one of our best loved destinations and for several years Imvelo Safari Lodges have been one of our most reliable partners there. They are specialists in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe’s largest, and their 4 lodges there offer great safari experiences and amazing value for money. Imvelo are committed to sustaining the community and wildlife through this extraordinary season[…]

Serval, hunting in the long grass

30/05/2019 Martin Africa, Photography, serval, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

The serval, or serval cat, is one of Africa’s most elegant predators. A slender, medium-sized cat it is characterised by a small head, large ears, long legs, a golden-yellow to buff coat spotted and striped with black, and a short, black-tipped tail. Just 54–62 cm at the shoulder it weighs from 9–18 kg. A serval’s legs are longer, in comparison[…]

Favourite Camps – Bomani Tented Lodge

09/02/2018 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Camps, Community, Kids on Safari, Lodges, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

The fourth camp to feature in our list of places that always deliver is Bomani Tented Lodge in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park.Bomani is one of 6 properties operated by Imvelo Safari Lodges in Zimbabwe.All the Imvelo properties offer amazing value for money and are operated in close partnership with local communities. Where is it? This luxurious tented lodge is situated[…]

Great Places to stay in Africa

07/01/2017 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Botswana, Camps, Kenya, Kids on Safari, Lodges, Migration, Photography, South Africa, Tanzania, Travel, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Camps & Lodges with the WOW! factor Someone just asked me “What is your favourite camp in Africa?” How do I pick just one? I’ve been fortunate enough to stay in so many amazing places. Faced with this challenge and a few idle hours over the festive season I thought I’d try and at least narrow it down to a short-list.[…]

Make 2017 the year you visit Zimbabwe

07/09/2016 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Botswana, Camps, Conservation, Lodges, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Make 2017 the year you visit Zimbabwe For each of the past three years, one of the absolute highlights of my year has been the time spent in Zimbabwe. Despite the politics – and let’s face it the politics suck – Zimbabwe is the place to go for an authentic African safari. It’s got the wildlife, it’s got the scenery,[…]

The Lookup

02/09/2016 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Camps, Lodges, Photo Tips, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

The Look Up A visit to the Look Up is always a highlight of a stay at Bomani, so we were all excited to be spending the afternoon there. We got there early so we could get inside before the elephants started arriving to make sure we didn’t deter them from coming to the pan. Once inside it was just[…]

Hwange interview with Mark Butcher, Imvelo Safari Lodges

15/02/2016 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Conservation, Lodges, Migration, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Hwange – An African Park in Crisis? Interview with Mark Butcher, Imvelo Safari Lodges Hardly a day goes by without another depressing story about the plight of Africa’s elephants. Elephant numbers across Africa are declining at an alarming rate under the onslaught of ivory poachers yet one National Park, Zimbabwe’s Hwange NP, faces an entirely different problem; its elephant population[…]

Hwange’s Dilemma

05/10/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Hwange’s Dilemma (Please excuse the fact that this is a terrible over-simplification of the issue, but I’ve strived to keep it concise) Hwange is the largest Park in Zimbabwe occupying roughly 14 650 square kilometers. It is one of THE places to see elephants in Africa. According to a 2015 pan-African census it is home to 44,000 elephants, roughly 50% of[…]

Nehimba Seeps – a Hwange phenomenon

24/09/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Lodges, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Nehimba Seeps – water throughout the year – naturally Zimbabwe’s Hwange NP is known as a place with very little natural year round water; a place where pumps are needed to keep water in the pans for several months each year. But the park is not entirely without natural, year round, water sources. During one of the game drives made[…]

Drama at Ngamo

23/09/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Lodges, Photo Tips, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Three days into my stay at Ngamo and I still haven’t seen any cats. I’ve heard them during the night and a couple of the guides reported seeing fresh tracks but no actual sightings yet. Perhaps it was down to the cold wind blowing across the Ngamo plains but we were lacking a bit of urgency this morning; still dawdling[…]

The Heartbeat of Hwange

21/09/2015 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Conservation, Lodges, Migration, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

The Heartbeat of Hwange On my recent visit to Hwange we were gathered for coffee before setting off on our morning game drive and – as you do – I asked one of the ladies if she had slept OK. She said that she had not, because the sound of the pump close to camp running all night disturbed her;[…]

2 great lodges in Hwange National Park

18/09/2015 Martin Accommodation, Africa, Camps, Conservation, Lodges, Travel, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

Bomani Tented Lodge and Camelthorn Lodge On my recent visit to Hwange I stayed in both Bomani Tented Lodge and Camelthorn Lodge. Although both are part of the Imvelo safari lodges portfolio, they could not be more different. Both camps are constructed on community land close to Hwange’s Ngamo gate, in the south east corner of the park. Where Bomani[…]

Community led Conservation – the only way forward

16/09/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Lodges, Zimbabwe

Ngamo – a template for resolving human-wildlife conflict in Hwange NP You only have to spend a few minutes in his company to see that Mark Butcher, better known as ‘Butch’, is a man on a mission. That mission, in broad terms, is to ensure the survival of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and its wildlife. Butch knows he cannot do it[…]