Tour de Hwange 2018

Tour de Hwange 2018

For many years, Friends of Hwange Trust has been working to provide water for wildlife in Hwange National Park. This amazing conservation haven has no surface water in the dry winter months from April to November, so water must be pumped from underground sources to...

Painted Dog Rescue – February 2018

Early last week a snared painted dog was spotted by some guides at the Kashawe Wilderness Camp in Sinamatella. The dog was a member of an un-collared pack of 18 dogs that had been moving around that area. Because painted dogs are notoriously difficult to track down...

Recent Hwange Visit

How lovely it was to see the park looking so lush on a recent trip to Hwange. Some early widespread rain has clothed the veld in glorious shades of green. Delicate new Mopane leaves, waxy and glistening, range in colour from pale yellow and orange to deep russet red,...

Darting Hat Trick

With the continuing deterioration of the socio-economic situation in the country, we have seen an increase of snaring for bushmeat in and around the boundaries of Hwange National Park. Animals caught in snares are doomed to a terrible, slow, agonizing death. The...

The Life of Bhubezi the Lion

This is the story of Bhubezi the Lion as told by Brent Stapelkamp. The Ndebele people in Zimbabwe say that there are two kinds of lions. One, called Ilawo, is a young, nomadic lion that preys on livestock and conflicts with people. The other, called Bhubezi, is a...