If you’ve never been to Zimbabwe before, you’re in for a treat. After all, it’s one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, diverse and friendly countries in Africa.
At Imvelo, we aren’t just about luxury lodges and there’s more to us than spectacular photographic safaris – we believe in enriching the lives of those who live around us as well as our guests. We are determined to ensure that it’s the local people and wildlife that directly benefit from our visitors.
We offer our guests an honest eco tourism experience. Many of our lodges are built on land that belongs to local village communities. This enables us to develop from the grassroots up and employ from the surrounding areas. We now employ over 100 local people on a permanent or semi-regular basis. We work closely with village leaders, distributing resources to where they are needed most. We encourage them to link benefits from tourism to wildlife conservation. Our aim is to empower indigenous populations and teach them self-sustaining methods of survival.
Our lodges are part of Zimbabwe’s CAMPFIRE initiative. This natural resource management project looks at local community involvement in tourism and wildlife conservation. CAMPFIRE is the acronym for Communal Area Management Program for Indigenous Resources. The philosophy underlying the project is quite a simple one: the people living within the natural resources are best placed to manage them. And for doing so, they should benefit directly.
To learn more about our Hwange properties and our experiential safari circuit or our extensive conservation and community initiatives visit our website www.imvelosafarilodges.com or www.imvelosafarilodges.com/hwange-needs-you.html