Imvelo Safari Lodges

Call Directions Website Contact the business

Imvelo Safari Lodges Connecting people and nature through unique experiences in Hwange 🐘🇿🇼. If you’ve never been to Zimbabwe before, you’re in for a treat.

Bomani Tented Lodge | Camelthorn Lodge | Nehimba Lodge | Jozibanini Camp | Tum Tum Treehouse Lodge After all, it’s one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, diverse and friendly countries in Africa. At Imvelo, we aren’t just about luxury lodges and there’s more to us than spectacular photographic safaris - we believe in enriching the lives of those who live around us as well as our guests. We are determined to ensure that it’s the local people and wildlife that directly benefit from our visitors. We offer our guests an honest eco tourism experience. Many of our lodges are built on land that belongs to local village communities. This enables us to develop from the grassroots up and employ from the surrounding areas. We now employ over 100 local people on a permanent or semi-regular basis. We work closely with village leaders, distributing resources to where they are needed most. We encourage them to link benefits from tourism to wildlife conservation. Our aim is to empower indigenous populations and teach them self-sustaining methods of survival. Our lodges are part of Zimbabwe’s CAMPFIRE initiative. This natural resource management project looks at local community involvement in tourism and wildlife conservation. CAMPFIRE is the acronym for Communal Area Management Program for Indigenous Resources. The philosophy underlying the project is quite a simple one: the people living within the natural resources are best placed to manage them. And for doing so, they should benefit directly. To learn more about our Hwange properties and our experiential safari circuit or our extensive conservation and community initiatives visit our website www.imvelosafarilodges.com or www.imvelosafarilodges.com/hwange-needs-you.html

A huge thank you to National Foods Ltd for donating 500kg of “rhino nuts” in support of our 2026 rhino translocation.The...
06/10/2026

A huge thank you to National Foods Ltd for donating 500kg of “rhino nuts” in support of our 2026 rhino translocation.

These specially formulated feed pellets will help provide essential nutrition for rhinos during their journey and transition into their new home.

Support like this makes a real difference to conservation on the ground. Thank you for helping us give these rhinos the best possible start as they begin the next chapter of their lives.

Read the full story about these new rhinos here:
https://www.hwangecommunityrhino.com/post/s2a-rhinos-update

18/09/2026

For many months, we considered ways to make the next two community rhinos’ translocation trip (moving them from Malilangwe in the South-eastern part of Zimbabwe to their home in Sanctuary 2a on communal lands adjacent to Hwange National Park’s southern boundary) as smooth as possible…a huge challenge considering the very poor state of some of our roads. We considered trains, the Elephant Express with a trailer, planes…and in the end, we opted for another road trip.

28th July: The initial capture and translocation
On the 28th of July we were first introduced to rhinos 905 and 91 by the team at the Malilangwe Trust. They had been chosen by the ecologists at Malilangwe according to their tried and tested criteria i.e. maternally they are not related, they are mature but still young and, most importantly, they are best friends. The two rhinos were darted, tranquilised and then loaded into specially designed white rhino crates and put onto an impressive 4×4 crane truck, ready for a long 18-hour drive to the CRCI’s Sanctuary 2a.

Rhino 905 was the first one darted by the vet from the helicopter; he’s the younger of the two and indeed after his capture, the whole exercise was described as “ … easy peasy … smooth as silk.” The memory of those comments 7 weeks later makes us smile.

We had both rhinos loaded and the truck and its convoy departed from Malilangwe early afternoon on the 28th of July for that long drive across Zimbabwe.

Interestingly, it may have been one of the elements in the cocktail of drugs administered to keep 905 “relaxed and chilled” that may have led to the roller coaster of events that would then unfold.

20/08/2026

After last year’s very first women scout recruitment in March 2025, we had another 20 women attend a selection course in July 2026 in hopes of becoming women scouts, and part of the Cheetahs community wildlife protection unit.
Just like the women who became Cheetah scouts in 2025, these 8 women, assuming they complete the basic training, will be predominantly working in the local villages, carrying out intelligence, patrols, community liaison, conservation education and making sure that our community-conservation efforts, including the Community Rhino Conservation Initiative, are totally embedded in the local communities. Their role is extremely important to the development of the Initiative as well as to provide communities with the information, support and means to engage in conservation successfully.

10/08/2026

Today we celebrate Africa's most iconic predator, the lion. Happy World Lion Day!

Celebrating World Ranger Day 2026The Community Rhino Conservation Initiative (CRCI) is proud to support the men and wome...
31/07/2026

Celebrating World Ranger Day 2026

The Community Rhino Conservation Initiative (CRCI) is proud to support the men and women who are dedicating their lives to protecting community wildlife in southern Hwange: our Cobras and Cheetahs. So today, we celebrate them, along with all the rangers around the world!

Given our very recent translocation of more rhinos to communal lands as part of CRCI, the job of these scouts has never been more important!

Find out more about the recent translocation here:
https://www.hwangecommunityrhino.com/post/2026-new-rhinos

16/07/2026

Happy World Snake Day from Hwange!

Snakes are keystone species in their local environments and are vital in helping control prey populations and maintaining nature's delicate balance. This World Snake Day, we show our appreciation of these remarkable reptiles.

In particular, we have grown very fond of the spotted bush snakes that occur in our area. With its striking green colouring, distinctive black spots, and large golden eyes, the spotted bush snake is a true bushveld beauty. It is an excellent climber as this video illustrates, and a skilled hunter, especially when searching for foam nest frogs (Chiromantis sp.), one of its favourite meals. These non-venomous, diurnal snakes are secretive but play an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

School meal supplies to 17 schools!Over 20 tonnes of dry food supplies were delivered to over 3,500 children at 17 diffe...
14/07/2026

School meal supplies to 17 schools!

Over 20 tonnes of dry food supplies were delivered to over 3,500 children at 17 different rural schools in time for term 2 starting at the middle of May! This is providing 247,000 meals just for term 2, helping motivate children to attend school and helping them concentrate after long walks.

Address

68 Townsend Road, Suburbs
Bulawayo

Telephone

+263292232331

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Imvelo Safari Lodges posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Imvelo Safari Lodges:

Shortcuts

Share

Category