Linkwasha Camp, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Imagine a place where you can observe elephants, a trunk’s distance from your sunken hide. Where you walk the dusty plains, or head out on a game drive in search of wild dogs as they hare after an impala through the teak woodland… or lions as they stalk a buffalo calf at a life-giving (but sometimes life-taking) waterhole. Where, as the day sets, you toast to a spectacular blood-orange sunset, magnified by its own reflection. And where, by night, you search for lesser bushbaby, civets and genets, even an elusive pangolin… or tuck into a Star Bed secured in a tree, where you are blanketed by a sky full of stars as the night’s creatures move about below.

Set in the game-rich south-eastern corner of Hwange, Wilderness Linkwasha has traversing rights to the private Makalolo and Linkwasha concessions. Here, impressive African savannah elephant and African buffalo herds move, and plains game, including roan and sable antelope, are regularly found. Flourishing lion populations hunt in the wide-open plains, as do African wild dog and cheetah, providing plenty of hold-your-breath predator-prey encounters. In addition, 14 solar-hybrid pumped pans sustain wildlife in the dry season, creating mind-blowing southern hemisphere winter game-viewing as they congregate around these precious water sources.

In one of the nine elegant tents, matching the neutral tones of the environment with contemporary but timeless décor, relax under the leadwood trees overlooking a waterhole where the wildlife spectacle perpetually amazes and entertains.

WHY CHOOSE LINKWASHA CAMP?

• Easy and private access to the best wildlife locations within Hwange
• Mammal species in the area number over a hundred
• Linkwasha is all about luxury, service, location and wildlife experience