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Hero Image Pool Area Elephant Somalisa Camp Hwange
Hero Image Pool Area Elephant Somalisa Camp Hwange

Somalisa Camp

Somalisa Acacia Camp is one of our favourite family camps in Hwange National Park. Children will love getting involved in bush life, tracking animals, completing the Junior Guide Programme, and falling asleep under canvas in the dedicated family suites. Somalisa Acacia Camp is one of our favourite family camps in Hwange National Park. Children will love getting involved in bush life, tracking animals, completing the Junior Guide Programme, and falling asleep under canvas in the dedicated family suites.
Somalisa Acacia Camp is one of our favourite family camps in Hwange National Park. Children will love getting involved in bush life, tracking animals, completing the Junior Guide Programme, and falling asleep under canvas in the dedicated family suites. Somalisa Acacia Camp is one of our favourite family camps in Hwange National Park. Children will love getting involved in bush life, tracking animals, completing the Junior Guide Programme, and falling asleep under canvas in the dedicated family suites.
Exterior Of Camp Somalisa Camp Hwange

Location

The camp is located in the heart of Hwange National Park, near the Kennedy Vlei line, which is known to be one of the finest areas for sighting big herds of plains game and predators. This is iconic Africa, set under a grove of acacia trees with views of rolling savannah that’s packed with wildlife - including elephant, big cats, zebra, wildebeest, and hippo.
Bedroom Somalisa Camp Hwange
Copper Bath Somalisa Camp Hwange
Sitting Area Somalisa Camp Hwange

Accommodation

Somalisa Acacia is the sister property of Somalisa Camp and is situated just a stone’s throw from the main camp. With just four tents comprising two family units and two standard tents, it can join with the main camp if needed. If you’re travelling as a group and want to take the camp exclusively, we can arrange this for you. The camp is also home to Somalisa’s only family room, making it the perfect choice for families who’d prefer everyone under one huge canvas roof.
Each room has an en-suite bathroom (with a beautiful slipper copper bath), comfortable beds, and safari furniture. The camp provides you with the sense that you are in an adventurous environment yet with high levels of comfort. Inside your tent you’ll have a cosy log fire to gather around on the chillier evenings and fans to keep you cool during the warmer afternoons. The tents also have large gauze sliding doors that ensure your views of the surrounding glorious savannah are constant.

This carefully balanced blend of luxury and adventure extends to the large decking area with its lounge and pool where you can watch elephant, giraffe, antelope and other creatures whilst taking a dip between safaris.
Game Drives Somalisa Camp Hwange
Wildlife Somalisa Camp Hwange
Birding Somalisa Camp Hwange
Walking Safaris Somalisa Camp Hwange
Game Drive

Experiences

  • In an open-sided 4x4 that’s ideal for budding photographers, spot the area’s larger resident wildlife on a game drive.

  • Let your guide show you the inner workings of the bush - the animal tracks, the plant life, the insects - on a fascinating walking safari.

  • Visit rural communities living nearby and leave with a better understanding of the way of life here.

  • Enjoy wildlife encounters right from camp as elephants (and sometimes other plains game too!) come to the elephant pool to drink right before your eyes.

  • Grab your binoculars and your camera for a bird watching walk - with a wide array of species in the area, including the martial eagle and the racket-tailed roller, birding here is always fruitful.
Positive Impact

We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.

Conservation
Conservation
Somalisa’s parent company, African Bush Camp’s (ABC) philosophy is: by coexisting with wildlife to grow crop yields and protecting livestock to preserve the environment, communities can improve their food security without negatively impacting wildlife. With projects that aim to improve the perception and tolerance of wildlife in the area, ABC helps rural communities restore a harmonious relationship with nature for their benefit.
Environment
Environment
ABC’s properties are committed to operating in a sustainable manner, ensuring the preservation Africa’s fragile environment, culture and conservation. The energy source at Somalisa is solar and they have implemented low energy lighting systems, wastewater treatment, grey water recycling, and single use plastic reduction initiatives.
Community
Community
Located in Hwange National Park, Main Camp Primary School, like many other schools in Zimbabwe, suffers from health-related issues. Through contributing to the infrastructure of age-appropriate bathrooms, running water and fencing around the school, ABC’s goal is to help create a learning environment which can offer safer facilities for all of the school’s pupils.
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