14 places to stay
Every lodge, camp and campsite in and around the park, from simple campsites to exclusive-use camps on the game circuits. Independently listed.
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The full-service option: a thatched lodge high above the Save with the park on its doorstep, plus a small seasonal tented camp down on the Runde. Game drives, guided walking, fly-camping and genuine cultural visits to Mahenye village. Not the only accommodation serving the park, whatever older guides claim, but the only private lodge of its class on the boundary.
From about $580 pppn all-inclusive
The Trust's mid-tier answer for groups: a whole four-bedroom camp with a campfire, an attendant to keep things running, and a proper kitchen you cater yourself. Masasani puts you near the northern gate, Mathuli deep in the quieter Mwenezi south.
From $220 per camp (Local)
The Trust's flagship camp, on the Runde directly opposite the park's famous 180-metre sandstone cliffs. Six en-suite Meru tents with a camp attendant and chef, so it is catered comfort in a genuinely remote setting. Water is untreated borehole supply, so bring your own drinking water.
From $600 pppn (Local)
The classic rest camp of the quieter southern Mwenezi section, and the best-value beds in the park. Eight self-catering lodges with fridges, standing fans and limited solar power. The south sees far fewer vehicles than the Runde circuit, which is exactly its charm.
From $90 per unit (Local)
Chilojo Bush Camp's sister property out on the Runde floodplain, where nearby pans do the work of pulling wildlife past camp. The same six-tent, chef-and-attendant formula, and the same rule applies: bring your own drinking water, the borehole supply is untreated.
From $600 pppn (Local)
The three serviced campgrounds are where most self-drivers base themselves: Chipinda Pools near the northern gate, Chinguli further along the Runde and Mabalauta in the south. Braai areas, ablution blocks and river frontage. Camps are unfenced and wildlife walks through at night.
From $55 per site (Local)
Chipale gives you the park's signature landscape at a fraction of the bush-camp rate: self-catering tents within reach of the cliffs, with a kitchenette, fridge and braai. Bring everything, including drinking water, and the sunsets over the sandstone are yours.
From $150 per tent (Local)
The core of what makes Gonarezhou special for overlanders: eleven wild sites with a bush loo and a firepit and nothing else. Carry your water, carry out your waste, and expect elephants rather than neighbours. Site allocations are agreed with the Trust at booking.
From $63 per site (Local)
The practical base camp: real beds and a kitchenette just inside the northern gate, so you can arrive late from Chiredzi and still be deep in the park by mid-morning the next day. A shared attendant looks after the small camp.
From $130 per tent (Local)
The community stay: built with the Malipati Development Trust so that the neighbouring villages share directly in what you pay. Six Meru tents on the Mwenezi with a chest freezer, central kitchen and attendant, and a smaller satellite camp for couples and small groups.
From $120 per camp (Local)
Gonarezhou's answer to the sleep-out platform: three raised decks over water pans and, at Malugwe, built into an ancient leadwood. You bring everything and sleep under the sky while the pan below does its nocturnal business. Bhenji is the only one with a roof.
From $60 per platform (Local)
Seven undeveloped sites in the areas the Trust itself calls the most sought-after in the park, each booked by a single group. The Trust publishes tier prices but not individual site names, so discuss locations with reservations@gonarezhou.org when you book.
From $95 per site (Local)
Gonarezhou is over five thousand square kilometres and its internal roads are slow, so the Trust maintains three simple transit sites for people moving between the northern Runde and southern Mwenezi sections. Basic in the best way: firepit, bush loo, silence.
From $50 per site (Local)
Be precise about the geography, because many websites are not: Pamushana stands in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, a separate private reserve of roughly 115,000 acres bordering Gonarezhou, not inside the national park. If money is no object it is the grandest base in the region, with spa, boat cruises and rock-art excursions on the private reserve.
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Gonarezhou has 14 places to stay, 12 of them inside the park. Camping starts at $100 a night per site for an international visitor, $50 for a Zimbabwean, and a site covers three or four people, and the serviced bush camps at Chilojo and Mahove are $720 for international visitors on an accommodation-only basis, with conservation fees on top. The Gonarezhou Conservation Trust runs most of it and books by email, with no online portal. Every one is listed below with what it costs.
Almost everything inside Gonarezhou is run by the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust itself, the ZimParks and Frankfurt Zoological Society partnership that manages the park, so your accommodation money goes straight into park operations. The clear community standout is Bosman's Community Camp, built with the Malipati Development Trust so that revenue flows to the neighbouring Shangaan communities. Look for Locally owned or Owner-run in the line under each name, or use the Who owns it filter.
Every price on this page is in US dollars.
Rates are the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust's own published figures and operators' rate cards, gathered July 2026, quoted Local / SADC / International where the Trust publishes all three tiers. Accommodation rates generally exclude the daily conservation fee; confirm the total with the Trust when you book. Two names you may still find elsewhere, Mahenye Lodge and Senuko, could not be verified as currently operating: their websites no longer resolve and neither appears on any current operator list.
Facilities and activities come from each property's own website, read in July 2026. We only record what that property's own page states. A blank means we could not check it, not that it is missing. Filtering on a facility shows only what we confirmed, and tells you how many places we could not check.
