Free Flights with Great Plains and Machaba

Tembo Plains Camp is located in the private forest along the edge of the Zambezi River, the 128,000-hectare Sapi Reserve, just east of Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park.

The camp offers you six exquisite tented suites, including four double or twin-bed suites, each featuring a private indoor lounge area, outdoor swimming pool, verandah, and outdoor dining area.

The stunning Zanji Suite comprises two suites, each with a private shared lounge and dining area. All rooms boast expansive en-suite bathroom facilities, including indoor baths, showers, and double vanities.

Tembo Plains Camp’s unique design combines canvas and stone walls, an architectural nod to the ancient Zimbabwe Ruins.

The packstone wall design extends along the back of the guest accommodation, providing enhanced privacy while allowing for uninterrupted views of the Zambezi River just meters away.

You can spot painted dogs, lions, leopards, buffalo, and the camp’s namesake, elephants, which are often seen daily in front of the camp.

Activities include canoeing and boating on the Zambezi River, as well as guided wildlife viewing drives in open vehicles and walks.

Verney’s Camp is situated in the south-central part of Hwange National Park, on a remote private concession of 10 000 hectares. It is a beautiful amphitheatre fringed by teak forest that opens up onto a waterhole that is a playground to the famous elephant herds of Hwange.

The camp comprises of ten classic style tents, two of which are family tents. All are at ground level set on wooden decks and each tent is tastefully furnished, with en-suite bathrooms comprising shower, toilet and double basins.

Natural paths lead to the main camp areas where the dining area, lounge and boma overlook a waterhole.

Activities include day and night game drives, bird-watching, guided walks with armed rangers (guide availability dependent) and shorter cultural visits to villages nearby.  A half day tour to a local school in the national park may be arranged, the tour also stops at a small village, and the Wild Dog Research Centre.