9 Days / 8 Nights Zimbabwe Big Five & Rhino Conservation Circuit

Transfer to Hwange with a guided visit to the Painted Dog Conservation Centre, the rehabilitation facility, the anti-snare unit and the collaring programme. Afternoon game drive.

Full day in Hwange targeting lion, wild dog and the pumped-pan elephant herds. Optional walking safari.

Morning drive, then transfer to the Matobo Hills. Afternoon on-foot white rhino tracking in the Whovi intensive protection zone with the park's rhino monitors.

Matobo, San rock art at Nswatugi and Pomongwe, World's View, black eagle viewing, and a session with the anti-poaching team on how rhino are protected in practice.

Drive north-east to the Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy in Mashonaland (approximately 6 hours via Bulawayo–Kwekwe–Harare or a charter flight). Afternoon black rhino encounter, elephant interaction with the hand-raised herd, and the conservancy's breeding and release programme.

Morning at Imire, rhino monitoring on foot and the community and schools outreach project, then transfer south-east to the Save Valley Conservancy.

Full day in Save Valley, one of Africa's largest private conservancies, holding significant black rhino, cheetah, wild dog and lion populations. Morning tracking on foot with the monitoring team, a visit to the anti-poaching base and canine unit, and an afternoon game drive.

Final morning drive, brunch, then transfer or charter to Harare for departure.