Linkwasha

Protecting Hwange’s Lions

Conservation

Ilana Stein

9/2/2019

In the south-east corner of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe lie our Makalolo and Linkwasha concessions – truly wild areas that provide superlative year-round game viewing. With over 100 mammal species, Hwange has some of the highest mammal diversities of any national park.

 

 

 

 

It is on the boundaries of the park and other protected areas where local communities lay snares for wildlife, mainly in order to obtain meat for their immediate families and to survive day-to-day life. A tragic side effect of this subsistence poaching is accidental snaring, where lions fall victim to snares set for other species.

 

Our work with the Scorpion Anti-Poaching Unit (SAPU), situated close to Linkwasha, is where we help its team financially and logistically to reduce the levels of poaching along the boundary areas of Hwange.

 

 

WILDERNESS LINKWASHA CAMP

 

 

 

 

Easy and private access to the best wildlife locations within Hwange, Linkwasha is all about service, location and wildlife experience. Guests can visit and interact with our neighbouring communities in Ngamo and other villages.

 

Visit the camp here

 

 

WILDERNESS LITTLE MAKALOLO

 

 

 

 

Easy and private access to the best wildlife locations within Hwange, Linkwasha is all about service, location and wildlife experience. Guests can visit and interact with our neighbouring communities in Ngamo and other villages.

 

Visit the camp here

 

 

WILDERNESS DAVISON’S CAMP

 

 

 

 

Located in one of the best game viewing areas of the entire Park, the waterhole in front of camp is a magnet for wildlife great and small.

 

Visit the camp here

Find out more about the Hwange Scorpion Anti-Poaching Unit here.

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