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One of two backpackers run by the same owner in Bulawayo. Choice Backpackers is a converted hostel with a large and beautiful garden, where camping is possible away from the noise of the city, but only 2 km from the center. A well-equipped kitchen allows you to prepare meals and a covered terrace or picnic tables allow you to eat outside. The atmosphere is convivial and the welcome is friendly. Free internet access.

Located in the center of the city, this hotel, which is part of a small Zimbabwean chain, offers good value for money. This blue and yellow building has simple and decent rooms with bathroom, fan, coffee and tea making facilities, TV and Internet. Enough to spend a night or two without breaking the bank. There is no restaurant on site, but drinks are available at the reception. The central location of the hotel makes it easy to find something to eat within walking distance. The office of the Intercape bus company is located at the entrance.

We arrive in a charming reception of a guest house surrounded by a tree garden. The rooms, overlooking the swimming pool and garden, have comfortable beds, parquet floors and spacious bathrooms. A modern kitchen team the place and allows visitors to do as at home. Possibility to enjoy breakfast in the garden. If you want to have a bathroom with bath, ask for room 13, it is the largest. A very nice hotel with very attractive prices.

This camp overlooks the Matobo Mountains and is beautifully integrated into the granite rocks. Here, the architects have built this lodge to match its mineral nature, not the other way around, and the result is exceptional. The nine rooms are set around the rocks, ultra spacious and all unique. The bar, restaurant and lounge area are also located in a granite cave that opens onto the panorama. This magical place has the additional advantage of having a golden team, with very professional guides offering a variety of activities.

It was the lighthouse of the surroundings, where everyone was in the weekend, with family and friends. His aura of yesteryear is still there, despite the difficult years of tourism in Zimbabwe. The rooms, with two single beds, shower and toilet, are separated on a large ground, far from the restaurant and bar. The whole is located in the middle of the sugar cane fields, many in the region.

The main camp in the northern part of Gonarezhou Park is Chipinda Pools, which also operates as an administrative centre for this part of the park. Located near the entrance gate, it has campsites (with health, shelter and braaïs) as well as a few rondavels. It is located in a very pleasant setting, not far from beautiful green pools where big hippos they. More downstream, still on the edge of the Runde River, lies the Chinguli camp, also with showers, toilets and rondavels. Between these two camps (towards the Chilojo cliffs and the confluence of the Runde and Sava), other much more sommaires campsites are implanted along the Runde: Chivilila and Massasanya (near Chipinda Pools), Fishans, Chilojo, Nyahungwe, Madumbini, Bopomela and Lisoda (facing the cliffs), Gota, Chitove and Chamulubati (at the confluence of the Save and Runde rivers). Without any development, each of them can accommodate only 12 people.

At C Rose Lodge there is nothing transcendent, rooms with shower and toilet lack maintenance, good renovation would be welcome. Book last choice.

Kept by a couple of Italians, Garda, hosts customers for bed & Breakfast accommodation under traditional conical roofs. The rooms, double or twin beds, are good. The owners will tell you proudly that the houses have a television that captures several channels. The swimming pool and Italian accent will undoubtedly make it possible to spend a pleasant stay.

Sango is made up of 4 chalets and 4 traditional tents, luxurious and very spacious, with a colonial style decoration. They are equipped with all the necessary amenities: minibar, private terrace, bathroom, sometimes with an open air shower. Each chalet has a little something that makes its charm, from the most beautiful bathroom to the most beautiful view on the surroundings. A real little paradise, but at a cost. Different activities are offered: rhino tracking, game walk, game drive, birdwatching..

Banff Lodge, upstream from Hillside Dams, away from the city centre, offers a very pleasant setting: family atmosphere, green lawn, palm trees and a pretty swimming pool. The rooms have recently been renovated, they consist of double or twin beds and are equipped with antique furniture that blends into a modern decoration. The school organizes special evenings and sometimes invites groups live. The restaurants have beautiful and tempting menus and the New Orleans, open in the evening, has built a reputation in the Bulawayo restaurant landscape.

It is first a hunting lodge, which accepts tourist tourist clients, when hunters do not occupy all the dwellings. The few rustic chalets are located on the banks of the Bubi, in a natural environment with swimming pool.

With its small traditional structures, sometimes equipped with a kitchenette, this lodge has some interesting advantages for a stay in the region, even if the service is random. Furthermore the rooms are correct and equipped with TV, fan and a small shower with WC. Outside, there is a garden and a well-protected parking lot.

Located on the outskirts of downtown, Burke's Paradise (formerly Backpackers Paradise), managed by Adam Burke, offers several categories of accommodations at very affordable rates. The site, which covers almost 5 hectares, is a small haven of peace and greenery. There are two ponds, a beautiful swimming pool and all the necessary camping amenities, including a shared kitchen. The rooms are simple, but functional and well kept. The atmosphere is friendly and family oriented, in short, a very good address. Free Internet access.

This hotel, on the road to Beitbridge, opened in 2022. It has no particular charm, but it can be convenient for a stopover and is well kept and well equipped. Its 20 rooms have a bathroom, satellite TV, Internet access, kettle and mini-refrigerator. The hotel offers a small swimming pool, a bar, a restaurant and room service. Again, nothing charming, but recent, clean, practical and functional. The staff is friendly.

Located in the south-east of the city, 5 minutes from the center, this small lodge offers 17 rooms with parquet or carpeted floors, equipped with bathrooms with shower or bathtub, satellite TV, Internet access, kettle. The bedding is neat, the rooms and the place are clean. The layout of the establishment allows you to park your car in a safe place. The establishment also has a restaurant and a conference room. A good deal for those on a light budget who still want the comfort of a hotel room.

This comfortable lodge is located near Hornung Park, from which it takes its name. Quiet and pleasant with a beautiful garden, the pretty thatched cottages are equipped with all the necessities (kitchen, bathroom, Internet access, satellite TV). For small services, European adapters and a movie rental service are available to guests. Recreation and facilities include a swimming pool accessible from all cottages, a tennis court and a restaurant bar just for Hornung Park Lodge guests.

Very nice tent camp on the shores of the lake composed of 6 tents on a platform, with bathroom at the back. They all have a view of the lake and are located on a beautiful and well maintained wooded area. The lodge also has a small campground, a small swimming pool, a bar and a restaurant. It is possible to rent boats, to fish or to go hiking. A small paradise of peace and nature. Romelda is quite popular with the locals on weekends and during school vacations. It is therefore advisable to book in advance.

This small charming hotel, managed by two sisters, offers six comfortable and well-equipped rooms, with double or twin beds, bathtub or shower, with a colonial decoration and all open onto a very nice garden. A main pavilion houses a bar, a lounge with fireplace and the restaurant, all in a refined family atmosphere. The English breakfasts are delicious. For dinner, the chef concocts quality dishes on request, and can also organize barbecue evenings for small groups.

Surely the best value for money establishment in the city. There is no exuberant decoration here, but Downtown Lodge offers different types of clean and comfortable rooms at a minimum. For backpackers, a common kitchen is available; otherwise, a restaurant offers à la carte dishes.

Mutirikwi Lakeshore Lodges offers a collection of 14 fully equippedtwo-story cottages. Most of them have one bedroom with a double bed, two bedrooms with two single beds, a bathroom and a kitchen. They are also equipped with a TV and Internet access. The location, decor and furnishings are dated, but the facility has a swimming pool, a view of the lake and is close to Great Zimbabwe.