{"title":"Matabeleland North Province","description":"Explore properties in the Matabeleland North Province region","products":[{"product_id":"the-hide-safari-camp","title":"The Hide Safari Camp","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet on a private concession within Hwange National Park, The Hide Safari Lodge overlooks a waterhole that draws elephant, buffalo, lion, giraffe, zebra, kudu, impala, and waterbuck throughout the day. The main camp holds ten deluxe tents, each with an en-suite bathroom, private veranda, fan, and a choice of indoor or outdoor bath and shower. Tom's Little Hide is a four-room safari house with its own lounge, dining room, and pool, accommodating up to eight adults and two children. The Private Hide comprises tents five through seven, each with exclusive use of a dining room, lounge, and swimming pool, plus a dedicated guide and vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn underground hide accessed from the main lodge gives eye-level views of animals at the waterhole. Guided walks depart morning and afternoon with a professional guide. Day and night game drives run through the concession and the wider park, tracking predators and herds across open woodland and grassland. Hwange records over four hundred bird species, among them Bradfield's hornbill, southern ground hornbill, yellow-billed oxpecker, carmine bee-eater, and bateleur eagle. The Dove's Nest treehouse, ten minutes from camp, is available at no charge for stays of three nights or longer. You can hear the birds before first light. The lodge is a founding member of the Conservation \u0026amp; Wildlife Fund and supports Friends of Hwange, which maintains waterholes across the park year-round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- plk-tmpl-cb 2026-07-31T09:26:44.320Z --\u003e","brand":"Wetu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43805955981371,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/20708-newimage-thehide1jpg_40845556-2501-48e7-8b9b-8e30e1e110fa.webp?v=1784330258"},{"product_id":"miombo-mews-holiday-apartments","title":"Miombo Mews Holiday Apartments","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiombo Mews is a complex of twenty-six fully furnished self-catering villas set one kilometre from Victoria Falls town centre in Zimbabwe. Each villa sleeps up to four guests and has two bedrooms — a master with ensuite and bathtub, and a twin room with an ensuite shower — plus a lounge, dining area, kitchen, and a private patio facing a garden. The kitchen runs on gas stove and oven and is equipped with a fridge, freezer, microwave, washing machine, and a water filtration system. Solar power backs up the electricity supply, and free WiFi is included throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuests share an outdoor swimming pool and a communal entertainment area with a barbecue. Private parking and twenty-four-hour security are standard. Daily cleaning and laundry are covered in the rate. The reception desk is staffed daily and handles activity bookings, transfers, and itinerary planning for the Victoria Falls area — useful, since the town is a staging point for day trips to Hwange National Park (one hour by road) and Chobe in Botswana (roughly an hour to the border), as well as the Falls themselves and the full range of Zambezi river activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreakfast bookings connect guests to off-site restaurants, with shuttle transfers running at regular intervals from the property each morning. Cots are available to hire; additional children can be accommodated with prior notice to reservations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wetu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43808386089019,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/3445591jpg_85cb784d-d6a9-40d5-887f-4fab8ee92217.webp?v=1784344379"},{"product_id":"mbano-manor-hotel-victoria-falls","title":"Mbano Manor Hotel Victoria Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003eMbano Manor is a suites-only hotel set among ancient teak trees next to Zambezi National Park, four kilometres from the falls themselves. The forest setting is deliberate: large windows and high ceilings with exposed timber rafters keep the eighteen suites cool and full of natural light, while paired layouts give guests privacy without isolating them entirely from the veranda life of the estate. Eight of the luxury suites are family-friendly, grouped for connection across shared verandas; the rest stand as secluded doubles. The Mutota Forest Villa, opened in 2021, occupies its own corner of the grounds with more than 200 m² of space, a private garden and a plunge pool. Rooms carry mosquito nets, ceiling fans and claw-foot baths, a nod to an older style of travel rather than a themed reconstruction of one. The Bayuni Songbird Retreat, the hotel's spa, sits inside a bird and tree sanctuary on site and pairs treatments with an open-air gym. Game drives into Zambezi National Park leave from the property, and river cruises, Chobe day trips and scenic flights over the falls can all be arranged through the travel desk. Check-in runs from 2pm. It is a compact, five-star base built around one of the world's great waterfalls, close enough to reach on foot yet screened by trees from the town around it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43968609550395,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"iganyana-tented-camp","title":"Iganyana Tented Camp","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet inside Hwange National Park, an area roughly the size of Belgium, Iganyana's bush camps move rather than sit still, struck and rebuilt at fresh sites so guests stay ahead of the crowds. Each camp holds a maximum of six tents. The Luxury Bush Camp uses East African-style A-frame tents, each with its own en-suite bathroom, hot water bucket showers and proper beds, fully catered and privately guided throughout the stay. The Explorer camp trades canvas grandeur for dome tents and stretcher beds, with shared ablutions and fireside catering, suited to birders, hikers and families with older children. Survivor camp strips things further: lightweight dome tents, mattresses on the ground, shared showers and eco-latrines, built to move easily and to put guests to work in the running of camp. It is a stripped-down way to sleep in the bush. Days are shaped by walking safaris and game drives led by professional guides, with the pace left to guests rather than a fixed schedule. Guides work on foot as much as by vehicle, tracking game through mopane woodland and open pans. You can hear the park's wildlife directly from canvas, with no wall between tent and bush. Laundry service and private vehicle hire are available, and camps run on eco-friendly principles, from solar charging to minimal water use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43968610009147,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"shearwater-batoka-hike-ndebele-village-tour","title":"Shearwater Batoka Hike \u0026 Ndebele Village Tour","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet below the top of the Gorge outside Victoria Falls, this activity begins with a 40-minute drive on off-road terrain through open countryside. A safety and procedural briefing precedes the vertical descent to Rapid 23. From there, the route follows the river on foot for about an hour to Rapid 25. It is not a stroll. Walkers pause to swim and rest in the eddy before the climb back out, which the operator is candid about calling arduous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe walk continues to an Ndebele homestead, where a local headman and his family host guests for brunch under thatched shade. You can ask about family life, education, livestock, and diet, and the hosts are open to questions on any of it. The huts are decorated in traditional style, and the setting gives a grounded, working view of rural life in Matabeleland North rather than a staged one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe activity runs throughout the year, with no seasonal closure. Languages are limited to English, and the operator markets it toward adults and the adventurous rather than families with small children. Footwear suited to rock and river crossings matters more here than anything packed for comfort. It is a half-day out, built around walking, water, and conversation rather than sightseeing from a vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43968610664507,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/98734_2Fimg_0219.jpg?v=1786526675"}],"url":"https:\/\/plekify.com\/en-us\/collections\/region-matabeleland-north-province.oembed","provider":"Plekify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}