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Tour de Hawange Update
Update 10th May Preparations for the Tour de Hwange are going well. The riders are ready after weeks of hard training and are now very excited to participate in the event. The group of riders call themselves the “Trotting Porkers” as in the beginning they took up...
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...
Zambezi and Hwange National Park – June 2017
Taking advantage of our annual timeshare at Lokuthula, we had a wonderful week up at the Falls. What a treat! As we arrived we found the low maintenance lawnmowers out on the lawn as usual – a sounder of warthog in the company of a huge boar with an impressive set of...
Hwange at Easter – 2017
It was great having the opportunity to go to Hwange Main Camp over the Easter weekend. Having not been up since December and before the main rain had fallen, it was wonderful to see the park so lush and green with water still lying everywhere. Most of the natural pans...
Elephant Calf Rescue
Enjoy this incredible GoPro footage of our team rescuing an elephant calf stuck in deep mud in Hwange National Park.
Hyena Snare Removal – Hwange National Park
While investigating the carcass of a dead elephant in the Guvalala Pan area we noticed what appeared to be a snare around the neck of a hyena that was lying in the waterhole to cool down during the heat of the day. It was difficult to be certain it was a snare because...
Recent News
Critical Work in Hwange
Covid-19 has turned the world upside down. Conservation wise, a disaster is unfolding as...
Elephant Deaths in Botswana
Reports of deaths of elephants north of the Okavango Delta in Botswana is cause for much concern....
Misleading Report of Theft
Friends of Hwange Trust would like to reassure everyone that the report currently circulating on...
Fire Prevention in Hwange
Hwange National Park along with all parks, reserves and recreational facilities in Zimbabwe, has...
News Update March 2020
Greetings to all our Friends of Hwange supporters The long-awaited summer rains in Hwange National...
Merry Christmas
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas filled with love and joy. Grateful and...
Reflections on the drought
It is always heart rending to watch fellow creatures suffer. During droughts, when water and food...
