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LAKE
KARIBA AND MATUSADONA NATIONAL PARK
Until recently Kariba formed the
largest man-made lake in the world, covering an area of
5,000 km2. Damming the Zambezi River in the 1950s formed
Lake Kariba and over the years the lake has created a unique
ecosystem, becoming one of Zimbabwe’s prime wilderness
areas. It offers excellent opportunities for fishing, bird
watching, and a variety of big mammals can be seen in the
scenic Matusadona National Park. The area is diverse in
habitat, from a beautiful shoreline guarded by dead trees,
changing to the rugged Matusadona Mountains, which provide a
majestic backdrop to this wild area. This is the best park
to track black rhinoceros on foot and provides excellent
lion sightings.
Musango Camp
Accommodates 16 guests in tents with ensuite
facilities overlooking the Ume River and Matusadona National
Park. Activities include walking safaris with a professional
guide, canoeing in creeks, seasonal fishing and visits to
dinosaur and early Stone Age sites.
Musango
Private Tented Camp
Accommodates 2 - 6 guests on Musango Island with
a professional guide. Maronga Tented Camp accommodates 2 - 6
guests on the Maronga River at the top end of the Ume and is
in the heart of a crocodile breeding sanctuary. Tented camps
operate from April to September.
Matusadona
Water Lodge
Situated in a secluded bay on the Lake Kariba
shoreline within the National Park. Accommodation for 8
guests consists of four floating houseboats with private
verandahs and a mother boat, grouped together amongst the
drowned leadwood trees. A professional guide leads walking
safaris in search of Black Rhino, as well as game viewing by
canoe and motor boat.
Sanyati Lodge
Nestles against the rugged Matusadona mountain
range. Accommodates 22 guests in stone and thatch luxury
cottages in indigenous gardens with fabulous views of the
lake. Walking safaris, games drives, boat cruises and
excellent tiger fishing in the Sanyati Gorge. The exclusive
Honeymoon and Presidential Suites have their own pools and
total privacy. Air-conditioned.
Other Kariba camps are Kipling’s
Lodge, Water Wilderness, Bumi Hills, Katete Safari Lodge,
Fothergill Island, Kaingwe, John Stevens Mobile Safaris
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