Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge
Full-service safari lodge with a seasonal tented camp · Clifftop above the Save River at the Runde Gorge, on the park boundary · Privately owned
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High-end
Outside the gate
Owner-run
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.
Why you'd pick it
- The only private upmarket lodge on the park boundary
- Two guided activities a day, including the Chivilila Falls walk
- Mahenye village homestead visits and palm-wine tapping
What's here
- Campsite
- Self-catering
Read from Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Gonarezhou National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe rate if you drive in for the day or sleep outside the park.
- $25per person, per day
- VehicleRoughly $5 to $10 a day depending on the vehicle.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $174 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Gonarezhou National ParkRates
From about $580 pppn all-inclusive. Published figures conflict: one aggregator quotes about $580 all-inclusive, and a $150 meals-only rate also circulates. Confirm directly with the lodge.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure 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.