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Little Makalolo Camp lies in the heart of Hwange National Park, in one of its best game viewing areas, overlooking a vibrant waterhole.

Little Makalolo sits in a private concession allowing for exciting game drives and walking safaris without the crowds.  It offers privacy for guests who enjoy small camps and a sense of remoteness. The camp’s six traditional-style tents – including a family unit – are spacious and en-suite, with indoor and outdoor showers. Solar power is used for tent lights and to heat water, ensuring a lighter environmental footprint.

Linking the tents to the main area are teak walkways. Here a false mopane tree in the centre of the camp shades a separate dining and living area, with an open fire deck for those convivial evening fireside tales under the stars. The plunge pool is a fantastic addition especially for those hot summer days. The log-pile hide at the waterhole in front of camp offers thrilling game viewing to literally a Noah’s Ark parade of animals as they come down to quench their thirst.

 

 

at a glance

Style

Classic Camp

Rooms

6

Open Season

Open all year round

Safari Experience

Located on the border with Botswana, Hwange was proclaimed some 75 years ago and has served as a haven for one of the densest concentrations of game in Africa.

In particular, its great herds of Cape buffalo and elephant (nearly 30,000) are a sight to see. Hwange has some of the highest mammal diversity for any national park in the world.

There is a log pile hide overlooking the waterhole in front of camp where guests can enjoy wildlife viewing during the siesta hours.

Activities at Little Makalolo Camp centre on open 4 x 4 Land Rover game drives and guided nature walks throughout the Makalolo concession.  The area’s large number of waterholes attracts game in both quantity and variety.  In the winter months Hwange is literally home to a Noah’s Ark parade of animals as they come down to quench their thirst.

Wildlife & Birdlife

With over 100 species the diversity is incredible: slender mongoose, yellow mongoose, banded mongoose, Selous mongoose, dwarf mongoose, honey badger, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, side-striped jackal, lesser bushbaby, vervet monkey, baboon, porcupine, aardwolf, spotted hyaena, caracal, leopard, African wildcat, lion, scrub hare, southern giraffe, hippo, springhare, warthog and Burchell’s zebra.

Antelope often seen in the area include common duiker, eland, roan antelope, impala, kudu, sable, steenbok, waterbuck and blue wildebeest.

White rhino is another special sight to see here.  

The park is also home to a varied bird community.  Typical drier Kalahari birds include Red-billed Spurfowl, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Kalahari Scrub-Robin, Cut-throat Finch, Red-eyed Bulbul and Southern Pied Babbler.

A Bat Hawk and African Hobby (summer only) are good finds here, and sometimes seen at dusk hunting bats and swifts.

The plains are alive with pipits, larks and wheatears like African Pipit, Dusky Lark (in summer) and Capped Wheatear.

Raptors are plentiful including Martial Eagle, four vulture species and accipiters like the Shikra.

In the summer months the bird list is greatly increased by migratory species like Southern Carmine Bee-eaters, Black Kites, Broad-billed Rollers, various cuckoo species, Abdims Storks and European Bee-eater.

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