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Hwange Classic Safari

Hwange National Park
Duration
5 Days · 4 Nights
The route
Hwange National Park
Style
Elephant herds at the waterholes
Best season
July – October · best
The route

4 nights, 1 stop — elephant herds at the waterholes.

Hwange National Park.

Hwange
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Elephant
Elephant
One of Africa's great concentrations.
African wild dog
Hwange is a stronghold.
Lion
Lion
Prides patrol the pans.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Hwange National Park

Arrive Hwange National Park

The journey begins.

Arrive in Hwange National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. Hwange's wildlife survives the dry months because of pumped water — a reminder that this wilderness is actively kept alive.

02Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park

A full day in the field.

Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans. Arrive and settle in.

03Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park

A full day in the field.

Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans.

04Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park

A full day in the field.

Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans.

05Depart Hwange National Park

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Hwange National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

July – October

Peak season

Peak dry season. Game piles up at the pumped pans; the single best elephant viewing.

May – June

Good season

Early dry. Cooler, greener, game beginning to concentrate.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Lion

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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