Zambezi Expeditions
Classic semi-permanent tented camp · On the Zambezi inside the park, re-sited each season · African Bush Camps
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Safari company
Deliberately old-school: a mobile-style tented camp rebuilt on a fresh riverside site each season, with the mess and bar facing the water. It carries the highest published traveller rating of any Mana camp on the specialist agent we checked, and it costs meaningfully less than the fixed luxury camps.
Why you'd pick it
- The longest season of any private camp in the park, 1 April to 30 November
- Proper beds, flush loos and open-air bucket showers on the riverbank
- Famous for flexibility: stop the vehicle, pick up tracks, carry on on foot
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Mana Pools National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryVAT and the tourism levy are included.
- $24per person, per day
- VehicleForeign-registered vehicle, if you are staying inside.
- $3per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $153 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Mana Pools National ParkRates
Enquire. Rates unpublished; sits below the luxury camps, in the middle of the park's private-camp range.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Very few Mana Pools camps publish rates, so treat all dollar figures as indicative and confirm with the lodge. ZimParks accommodation is priced per site or unit, not per person, from the February 2026 tariff. Private camp bands reflect operator and agent data gathered July 2026; check whether park fees are included when you compare.