Hwange Safari Lodge

Amazing place

This was my second stay in two years. This stay was better. I had such a bad experience the first time I was full of trepidation. We did, however, both times have the most wonderful safari experience and the animals are naturally the stars of the show. Hwange Safari Lodge has the capability of being first class accommodation due to the location. It needs an overhaul and to be fair they have started the project. Our room had been updated. This was on the left wing of the hotel. Previously we stayed in the right wing. It was horrendous. I did not check if they had updated these rooms but to say I had sent my children on school trips 20 years ago and they would have thought these rooms were basic is not unfair. The food is average with the breakfast buffet at $30 per head laughable. Make sure you get it included with accommodation cost as you don’t have any other options and this cost was honestly ridiculous (ps I don’t mind spending g a lot of money on good food and great service. This was neither). I’m sad to write such a review as my husband has such fond memories of spending time at the lodge back in the 70s. I feel it hasn’t moved with the times and is firmly stuck back in the 70s.