In 1994, the founders of Imvelo had a vision – with their shared passion
of the African Bush, its native wildlife, and people, they wanted to
create a destination that not only provided visitors to Zimbabwe with a
unique and unforgettable safari experience, but also a destination that
provided assistance and support to local communities.
At one time,
indigenous rural communities received very little direct benefit from
Zimbabwe’s booming tourism industry. For the majority of locals,
tourists were nothing but camera-clad foreigners that drove around
national parks in 4x4s. And as for ‘conservation’: a rich man’s joke!
For the rural villager, wildlife was by no means an attraction;
elephants ate their crops and lions killed their livestock.
The animals
were problematic and not something to encourage. The hope was – that by
building safari attractions and infrastructures within communal areas – a
symbiotic relationship between holidaymakers and locals could grow.
This would, in turn, enable them to protect and preserve local wildlife,
whilst imparting self-sustaining and lifelong methods of survival to
the communities, and so Imvelo Safari Lodges was born. We currently have
2 lodges in our portfolio – Gorges Lodge in Victoria Falls, built on
the edge of the Batoka Gorge, some 250 metres above the mighty Zambezi
River and Bomani Tented Lodge, set in our 5000 acre private reserve on
the edge of Hwange National Park. Our third lodge, Camelthorn, also in
Hwange National Park, is currently under construction and is set to open
early next year.
110a Samuel Parirenyatwa St
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Phone: +263 9 65647
Fax: +263 9 72331
Email: marketing@imvelosafarilodges.com
Website: http://imvelosafarilodges.com
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