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Hwange Safari Lodge

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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DELUXE DOUBLE ROOM
Exterior
DELUXE DOUBLE SUITE ROOM
Outdoor pool
Front of property

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available

Explore the area

Map
DETE, Private Ba, Dete
  • Painted Dog Conservation
    4 min drive
  • Hwange National Park
    18 min drive
  • Railway Recreation Center
    21 min drive
  • Hwange (HWN-Hwange National Park)
    10 min drive

Room options

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DELUXE DOUBLE ROOM

DELUXE DOUBLE ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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DELUXE DOUBLE SUITE ROOM

DELUXE DOUBLE SUITE ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

DELUXE TWIN ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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EXECUTIVE SUITE ROOM

EXECUTIVE SUITE ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

DELUXE TWIN SUITE ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Dete

With a stay at Hwange Safari Lodge in Dete, you'll be in a national park, and 7.8 mi (12.5 km) from Hwange National Park and 11.4 mi (18.3 km) from Railway Recreation Center. .This hotel is 14.2 mi (22.9 km) from Nyamandhlovu Platform.

What's nearby

  • Painted Dog Conservation - 4 min drive
  • Hwange National Park - 18 min drive
  • Railway Recreation Center - 21 min drive
  • Nyamandhlovu Platform - 41 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Waterbuk's Head - ‬18 min drive

About this property

Hwange Safari Lodge

Hotel in Dete with 2 restaurants and a 24-hour front desk
Hwange Safari Lodge offers 100 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. 32-inch LED televisions come with premium satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Stay in one of 100 guestrooms featuring LED televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and shopping on site.
Grab a bite at Dingani Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Dingani Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only.
Pool Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Open daily.
Room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–9:30 AM: USD 30.00 for adults and USD 15.00 for children
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Dingani Restaurant
  • Pool Restaurant

Things to do

  • Game/wildlife drives
  • Game/wildlife viewing
  • Outdoor pool
  • Shopping
  • Tennis

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bath
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV
  • Premium channels
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
If you are planning to arrive after 10:30 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
At check-in, guests must provide either a negative PCR COVID-19 test result or a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
Negative COVID-19 test result requirement applies to all guests aged 1 and up, and test must have been administered no more than 72 hours prior to check-in; COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 13 and up; guests must have received complete vaccination at least 30 days prior to check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • COVID-19 testing fee (antigen/rapid screening): USD 10.00 per person, per stay.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 30.00 for adults and USD 15.00 for children

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit
Property Registration Number 5642/2005

We should mention

Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Hwange Safari Lodge Dete
Hwange Safari Dete
Hwange Safari Hotel Harare
Hwange Safari Lodge Dete
Hwange Safari Lodge Hotel
Hwange Safari Lodge Hotel Dete

Hwange Safari Lodge Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 55 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were booked on a game tour at 3.00 - 6.00 and then changed to 10.00 to 1.00. After 75 minutes we had not seen one animal, we then visited two waterholes and no game, and this was irresponsible and disappointing. Please ensure you keep to original bookings and 10.00 to 1.00 is not a good time for game, and Benson must be more aware of where game moves and lives. He also drove at 40kph instead of the 60kph speed limit to the Park and had no humour or communication.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

YONG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always Great
The rooms are renovated and tastefully decorated. The public areas are currently being done and will be fabulous when completed mid year. The setting is amazing and the staff very friendly.
Renovation in progress
View over the waterhole
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This place is a RIP OFF. Breakfast was $60.00. What a joke! It did have some animals at the watering hole, I guess cos they don’t need wallets. I booked it through Expedia and they thought it was hotels.com This is why I paid for breakfast I think. Expedia included breakfast. Basically they just want your money and don’t care how they get it. Zimbabwe barge in US dollars and don’t have change, it’s so poor that street people are rife. Very Sad. In conclusion, done use this place and go to Botswana, SUCH a different attitude and you will save 10 fold. This of course is without presiding e and my opinion only! Good luck travelers 😀
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet but pleasant
The lodge was great with the night visit from elephants and loads of other animals out front. The visit being in the low season didn't affect quality of the game drive but the numbers were low but some good quality views in terms of variety.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bridget

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very clean with a very big bed super king bed. Staff very friendly & helpful. It was also nice to see animals closeby. The food was yummy.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shadreck

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Safe, quiet, lovely staff, you can see animals through the sliding doors glass in your room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

oswell

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very nicely set close to a waterhole to watch animals come and drink
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Francis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great time.

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Excellent lodge to stay at when visiting Hwange National Park. The hotel is falling apart though and needs a proper room by room gut renovation. We had to switch rooms twice, and late at night, the first night we were there. The third room we got, at which point we were upgraded, was great but not at 23:00 when you have a 06:30 full day safari the next day. The hotel should do a gut renovation in groups of rooms at a time otherwise the reviews will struggle to be 5* (when they really should be but animals and safari drives are not part of a hotel's/lodge's reviews).
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Experience Safari Lodge 1 night stay
We only stayed at this lodge for one night. We drove up from Bulawayo and found the sign for the lodge quite easily. Parking is onsite but isn't watched, and out in the open. Lodge is slightly outdated. Our front door knob of room 245 could be replaced. Also the bathroom wasn't quite clean and could use a refurbish. We had a household of ants walking in our room that came through the bathroom tiles. No safe inside the room. The phone wasn't working. Also the mosquito net had plenty of holes in them. Meal we had at the buffet was nice but pricey at 25 dollars. Staff was amazing though. We arrived two hours early but our room was ready for us. Friendly and helpful. The rooms look out on a watering hole where you can find all types of animals walking in and out daily. Seats are locating inside the room so you can sit and watch. It was nice and quiet inside the room even though we saw they were doing maintenance just a few rooms ahead of us.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good pool, good service.. Older style bathroom. We organized a taxi driver from Vic Falls to stay with a friend in Hwange for two nights to get us there and back (US$250). Maybe they could organize a bus transfer there and back. Morning and evening 3hour safari tours were good.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Peter, Elizabethown, KY. USA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good water pressure in showers. Kept dropping WiFi and needed s fresh password every time
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

DanielleBrush, Dromore Northern Ireland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
From start to finish this trip was outstanding! I emailed the lodge months in advance to arrange multiple trips and the staff were always eager to make it the best stay. Over email they told me they will arrange the trips I want to do with the days Im staying. So sweet!! I also requested an anniversary dinner to be set up, they told me to leave it with them. Coming up to the dinner I was nervous because no one had said anything about it! Well I was just as surprised as my partner! The effort that went into this dinner was just breathtaking. The manager arranged our table to be secluded at the pool with loads of candles surrounding, also right beside the fence which meant the elephants were so close while eating our dinner! AMAZING. Not only was the set up of our dinner breathtaking as it was, the waiter we had specifically for our table was brilliant as well! I can actually say he was the best waiter I have seen throughout Victoria Falls and Hwange! so well done. AND to top it all off, the lodge gave us a bottle of champagne on the house! No words, seriously. The really done a fantastic job!! The lodge also provide game drives into Hwange national park so you can see the BIG 5! We went on a game drive throughout the day and thought it was great. The guide stops off and gives you drinks and snacks so you don't have to bring your own. The rooms are absolutely gorgeous as well with an amazing view overlooking a waterhole so you can see a rangeof animals coming to drink
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Water hole view
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The lodge is in need of a touch up. The toilet kept running, the bath needed replacing and the kettle had a white ring around it on the inside. On the flipside the air con was fsntastic and the bed super comfy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely setting. Friendly staff. Need more egg cups in dining room. Ordered 3 boiled eggs for us but there was only one eggcup to share!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were clean. Hot water in the shower. Good WiFi signal throughout. Reception staff were friendly and helpful! Offered game drives.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Grant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hwange Safari Lodge
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

J, U.K.

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Staff either surly or over attentive. Room tired , bathroom plumbing needed attention. Food overpriced.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Duggie and Renee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome location, friendly staff, view was awesome. supper was excellent. overall a very very nice stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018