​User Reviews – Hwange NP

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CharlesGangas Photography   –  
United States US
Visited: March 2016 Reviewed: Mar 28, 2016

Email CharlesGangas Photography  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Thrilling Odyssey
Overall rating
5/5

Hwange National Park offered wonderful opportunities to view and photograph amazing wildlife. We found eight large mammal, three of the Big Five, in just our first morning game drive. As an avian photographer on my first trip to Zimbabwe I was thrilled at the species I saw and recorded, which included Bateleur, African Fish, Wahlberg's, and Tawny Eagles. We found several species of Hornbill, and of course numerous Lilac-breasted Rollers and Southern Carmine Bee Eaters. We saw elephants, hippos, zebras, antelope, lions, and a cheetah.

Our stay at The Hide was comfortably luxurious, with excellent food and service and great views of visiting wildlife to the watering holes. The game drives were thrilling each morning and afternoon, and I was delighted with the knowledge and expertise of our safari guide, Daffy. We're planning of a return visit in the very near future.

Owen   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: September 2016 Reviewed: Nov 16, 2016

Email Owen  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

I feel that Hwange National park is outstanding destination. I saw so much wildlife,and felt that there was an outstanding bush vibe.I will return.

Kamal Krishna Laha   –  
Australia AU
Visited: June 2002 Reviewed: Jan 12, 2017

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HNP is one of the best compare with others in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Overall rating
5/5

I did electrification of Hwange NP as Chief Electrical Engineer visited many times with wife & twin sons from May 93 to Jul 89

Andyb423834   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2016 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2017

Email Andyb423834  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Couldn't have been more amazing
Overall rating
5/5

Spent two nights at Elephants Eye lodge and had an amazing full day game drive through Hwange National Park. We saw so many animals and had such a great day. Would go back in a heartbeat!

BrianIron   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: November 2016 Reviewed: Apr 26, 2017

Email BrianIron  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

A real wildlife experience
Overall rating
5/5

Hwange is a superb destination to experience a real wildlife adventure. The guiding is of an exceptional standard, the best I have experienced on a number of trips to Africa including Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania. The use of concessions allows for walking safaris which add another very enjoyable element to the experience.
I visited during November which is a season of change in Hwange, we only had one day when it rained in the 8 nights we spent in the park. 2016 was the second year of drought in southern Africa and the landscape and scenery were affected by it and clearly animals had suffered. However we saw excellent wildlife and were lucky enough to see a Leopard at the waterhole at one camp one evening.
The camps are all of a good standard with good food and service. None of the camps we stayed in were fenced so perhaps not for the nervous or first time safari.
Roads are rough so be prepared to be bounced about a bit.
Overall an unmissable destination if wildlife is your thing.

Gini   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: August 2017 Reviewed: Sep 10, 2017

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Overall rating
5/5

So much wild life and wonderful birds

Carole Barnes   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Oct 27, 2017

Email Carole Barnes  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

Abundant wildlife, professional guides. Fantastic camps.

Bob Jones   –  
United States US
Visited: May 2005 Reviewed: Apr 5, 2018

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cool
Overall rating
5/5

nice yo

David from Kalamazoo   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 2, 2018

Email David from Kalamazoo  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
5/5

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Olaf Korbanek   –  
Germany DE
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 7, 2018

Email Olaf Korbanek  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

Hwange NP is very interesting and offers different landscapes. The wildlife was, due to the wheather, reduced (in comparison with Chobe NP e.g.), but we saw, that a lot of animals live there!

The camp site was terrific, near the lake, during the night we heard the hippos walking around, really beautiful!

Average User Rating

  • 4.7/5
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