Mana Pools National Park map
An interactive map, the GPS position of the compulsory Marongora check-in, the key waypoints on the Harare route, and how to navigate a park where you should assume there is no mobile signal at all.
Interactive map of Mana Pools National Park
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Lodges and camps 18
- Camp Mana (location approximate)Mid-range · Enquire
- Chitake Mobile Camp (location approximate)High-end · Enquire
- Hippo, Nyati & Muvee LodgesBudget · $155 per lodge
- John's CampHigh-end · Enquire
- Kanga Expeditions (location approximate)High-end · Enquire
- Kavinga Safari CampMid-range · Enquire
- Little VunduHigh-end · Enquire
- Mana River CampMid-range · Enquire
- Muchichiri (Musangu & Muchichiri Lodges)Budget · $235 per lodge
- Musangu (Musangu & Muchichiri Lodges)Budget · $235 per lodge
- Nyamatusi CampTop-end · Enquire
- Nyamatusi Mahogany (location approximate)Top-end · Enquire
- Tembo Plains Camp (location approximate)Top-end · From $1,340 pppn sharing
- Vundu Camp (location approximate)High-end · Enquire
- Wilderness ChikwenyaTop-end · From about $1,172 pppn
- Wilderness Little RuckomechiTop-end · From about $1,066 pppn
- Wilderness RuckomechiTop-end · From about $1,066 pppn
- Zambezi Expeditions (location approximate)Mid-range · Enquire
Campsites and park camps 18
- Campsite Chitake Baobab #1
- Chessa Camp
- Chitake Springs CampsitesBudget · From $235 per site
- Chitembe Bush Lodge
- Dave & Tess Camp
- Gwabi LodgeCampsite · outside the park
- Kiambi CampCampsite · outside the park
- Mucheni Exclusive CampsitesBudget · $235 per site
- Mukuyu CampCampsite · outside the park
- Nkupe, Ndungu, Gwaya & BBC Exclusive CampsitesBudget · $235 per site
- Nyakasanga Fishing campCampsite · outside the park
- Nyamepi CampBudget · From $120 per site
- RukuruCampsite · outside the park
- Tamarind CampCampsite · outside the park
- Trichilia Camp
- Wildtracks CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
- Woods CampCampsite · outside the park
- Zambezi BreezersCampsite · outside the park
Pans and waterholes 86
- Aruniatus PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Bee Baobab PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Bream Pools Rifa Educational CampPan · outside the park
- Buff PanPan · outside the park
- Buffalo PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Buffalo PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Buffalo SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Chawombo PanPan · outside the park
- Chechuru PanPan · outside the park
- Chemutsi DamPan · seasonal · outside the park
Show the other 76 pans and waterholes
- Chifungula ChannelPan · outside the park
- Chikomba SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Chine PoolPan · seasonal
- Chipandaure PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Chitake PanPan · seasonal
- Chitake SpingPan · spring
- Chitope SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Chombo PanPan · outside the park
- Crocodile PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Dambara PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Didado PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Elephant Cow PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Elephant Tusk SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Ficks SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Gavunde SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Hot Spring 1Pan · spring · outside the park
- Hot Spring 2Pan · spring · outside the park
- Hot Spring 4Pan · spring · outside the park
- Jackal Berry PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Jons PanPan · outside the park
- June PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Kalisho SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Kandeyi PanPan · outside the park
- Kanga PanPan · seasonal
- Katuwa PanPan · outside the park
- Kaveve SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Kawanuka SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Kemutara PanPan · outside the park
- Long PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Long PoolPan · seasonal
- Lungfish PanPan · seasonal
- Madzia PanPan · outside the park
- Madzia PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Magawa PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Makuti DamPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Manderegera SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Mangove DamPan · outside the park
- Manjoe PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Marongora DamPan · outside the park
- Matoto SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Mauzwe PanPan · outside the park
- Mhenza PanPan · outside the park
- Mhenza PanPan · outside the park
- Mhofu PanPan · outside the park
- Mofu PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Mombererere PansPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Mondoro PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Mopane PanPan · outside the park
- Msaba PanPan · outside the park
- Munhema PanPan · outside the park
- Munhema Pan2Pan · outside the park
- Munroe PanPan · seasonal
- Muvundura PanPan · seasonal
- New PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nuamachirenti PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyahira PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyakashuma PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyala Berry PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyala Berry PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyamacharara PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyamasakwa PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Nyamawani Pan
- Nyautungu PoolPan · outside the park
- Paddy PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Pipe SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Rifa Hot SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Rifa PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Rifa SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Rowa Pan and SpringPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Rumwa Salt SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Tere PanPan · outside the park
- Terita PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Virira SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Zebra PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Zebra SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Zingware PanPan · seasonal · outside the park
Rivers and springs 49
- ChakwengaRiver · outside the park
- Charara RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chavara River
- Chemutsi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chenje RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chewore RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chigusa RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chimachesi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chimwa RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chipandaure RiverRiver · outside the park
Show the other 39 rivers and springs
- Chipfuku RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chironga RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chitake River
- Chiuwa RiverRiver · outside the park
- Chiwuye River
- ChongweRiver · outside the park
- ChoweRiver · outside the park
- Kachowe RiverRiver · outside the park
- KafueRiver · outside the park
- Kemukara RiverRiver · outside the park
- Lesser ChongweRiver · outside the park
- LusangashiRiver · outside the park
- LusituRiver · outside the park
- Mangove RiverRiver · outside the park
- Mangovi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Marongora RiverRiver · outside the park
- MbendeleRiver · outside the park
- Mongwe RiverRiver · outside the park
- MsingwesiRiver · outside the park
- Mucheche RiverRiver · outside the park
- Mukondore RiverRiver · outside the park
- Mukumba RiverRiver · outside the park
- Murowa River
- MushikaRiver · outside the park
- MwambashiRiver · outside the park
- MwanjaRiver · outside the park
- Nyachimwe RiverRiver · outside the park
- Nyakasanga RiverRiver · outside the park
- NyamangweRiver · outside the park
- Nyambiri RiverRiver · outside the park
- Nyamoumba RiverRiver · outside the park
- Nyanyana RiverRiver · outside the park
- Pfundundu RiverRiver · outside the park
- Rifa RiverRiver · outside the park
- Rukometche River
- Ruyese RiverRiver · outside the park
- Sapi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Sharu RiverRiver · outside the park
- ZambeziRiver · outside the park
Viewpoints 16
- Carmine Bee Eater ColonyViewpoint · outside the park
- Chirundu Crocodile FarmViewpoint · outside the park
- Kanga Pan
- Longhole viewing point
- Mana Mouth
- Old Ndungu Camp
- Shumba Hill ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Sunset ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Trichilia Island
- Viewpoint
Show the other 1 viewpoints
- Vundu Point
- Plus 5 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Picnic sites 1
- Makuti Safari CampPicnic site · outside the park
Gates 6
- Chiawa Game Management Area GateGate · outside the park
- Chimutsi GateGate · outside the park
- Chongwe GateGate · outside the park
- Chongwe River Camp gateGate · outside the park
- Nyakasikane Checkpoint
- Tsetse Control GateGate · outside the park
Airstrips 12
- Chirundu Air StripAirstrip · FVCD
- Dandawa Airstrip
- Jeki AirstripAirstrip · dirt
- Kulefu Airstrip
- Kuperinengu Airstrip
- Mana Pools Airfield
- Mwanja AirstripAirstrip · ground
- Proposed Base runway105
- RIFA Airstrip
- Royal AirstripAirstrip · RYL FLRZ
Show the other 2 airstrips
- Rukomeche Airstrip
- Rukometche Airstrip
Towns 10
- ChiawaVillage
- Chirundu
- Jamba Business CentreVillage
- Kabidza Growth PointVillage
- KabwaduVillage
- Kanyemba Village 5Village
- Makuti
- MashongweVillage
- MuguramenoVillage
- Myrlen FarmHamlet
Ranger posts 7
- Chiawa Gate
- Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ)
- Lower Zambezi National Park - Chongwe Gate Office
- Lower Zambezi National Park - Zambezi Checkpoint
- Mana Pools Headquarters
- Nyakasikana Entrance Gate
- PWMA Chirundu Office
Fuel 5
- Engen
- Meru ChirunduFuel station · Meru
- Petroda
- RAM Petroleum
- Total
Clinics 14
- CeSHHAR Clinic Chirundu Board
- Chiawa Rural Health Clinic
- Chundu Clinic
- Dete Rural Health Center
- Helwyn Clinic
- Hurungwe Prison Farm Clinic
- Kambale Rural Health Centre
- Karuru Clinic
- Kazangarare Clinic
- Makuti Clinic
Show the other 4 clinics
- Mana Pools Clinic
- Mashongwe Clinic
- Mtendere Mission HospitalHospital
- Nyamakate Clinic
Download the official park map
ZimParks does not publish a downloadable Mana Pools map, so the practical references are the Tracks4Africa mapping (paper and app), the sketch maps at Nyamepi reception, and the official Code of Conduct, which contains the rules the map alone will not tell you.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Marongora HQ | Compulsory check-in on top of the escarpment, before you descend. The only officially published GPS point on the route | -16.2233, 29.1614 |
| Karoi | Last town for fuel and supplies, 207 km from Harare | -16.8099, 29.6924 |
| Chinhoyi | First major town on the A1, 115 km from Harare | -17.3667, 30.2000 |
| Chirundu border post | The Zambia crossing; the A1 continues here past the Mana turn-off | -16.0333, 28.8500 |
| Mana Pools floodplain (approximate centre) | The park's visited core along the Zambezi; ZimParks gives the park position as roughly 15°45'S 29°20'E | -15.7500, 29.3333 |
Navigating Mana Pools
- Load Tracks4Africa (app or GPS map) before you leave Harare; it covers the valley tracks far better than any general map.
- Download the Zimbabwe region in OsmAnd or Organic Maps as a free offline backup.
- Use the route log rather than blind trust in a routing app: A1 north, Karoi at km 207, Marongora at roughly km 300, gravel turn-off at km 310, Nyakasikana Gate at km 341, Nyamepi at km 384.
- Going to Chitake Springs? Your check-in point is Nyakasikana Gate, not Nyamepi, and the tracks beyond it are strictly 4WD.
- ZimParks publishes no GPS list for gates and camps; the Marongora coordinates above are the only officially published point, so log your own waypoints as you drive in.
The rules the map won't show you
Check in at Marongora before descending the escarpment; without its entry permit, Nyakasikana Gate will turn you around. Keep every receipt from every payment point, because you will need to show them at the exit gate.
Off-road driving is banned outright: stay on designated roads, park within 10 metres of them, and cross riverbeds only at designated crossings. Be back in camp by 18:00 (May to July) or 18:30 (August to October); the curfew runs to 06:00 and doubles as the park's driving-hours window. Penalties run to $1,000 fines, vehicle impoundment and a 12-month ban from every park in Zimbabwe.