The Park has three distinctive Camps with the largest at Main Camp and administrative offices at Sinamatella and Robins Camps.

Main Camp is situated at the main entrance to the Park. There are numerous pans and pumped waterholes around Main Camp and the area is rich in game. Main Camp has facilities including self-catering lodges, cottages and chalets, a camping and caravan site. The Waterbuck’s Head restaurant and bar is new to main camp and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner; there is also a shop which sells a good selection of beverages and foodstuffs. A petrol station is now open and visitors no longer need to worry about refuelling, although the attendant can be hard to locate.

Lodges in Hwange National Park have one or two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen with refrigerator and stove, lounge and verandah. The hard infrastructure at the camp is in sound condition, but the soft furnishings and small equipment is poor. The ZPWA website states that that cooking utensils, cutlery and crockery are provided; but in reality, they are very basic and mostly insufficient and it is safer to take one’s own equipment. Towels are often lacking, or a hand towel is provided rather than a bath towel and the furniture is old and tired. We had no kettle, or frying pan; despite asking, none were subsequently provided.

Cottages have one or two bedrooms, bathroom and verandah, but cooking is communal, with electric hot plates provided and a centrally located thatched, open dining area with refrigerators available for communal use. No cutlery or crockery is provided.

Chalets have one or two bedrooms, and a verandah. Ablution and toilet facilities are provided in a communal block and cooking facilities are available on wood or charcoal braais.

Much of the accommodation lacks shade, except for those Lodges under the Rain trees (Lonchocarpus capassa) and visitors will find staying at main Camp very trying especially in the heat and at night, as most of the overhead fans do not work. Why management cannot plant indigenous trees for shade is difficult to understand. Hot water is provided by old-style Rhodesian boilers which consume firewood and are inefficient; in a three day stay we never had hot water. ZPWA should be setting an example and upgrading to solar heating at all there camps. 

Of all the camps in Matabeland; Hwange Main Camp is the one in need of most improvement and upgrading and is not really fit for purpose. Lack of maintenance appears to be a major issue; reception service was perfunctory, but generally lacked the warmth and helpful attitude seen at most National Parks and management visibility was low compared to most other sites including Sinamatella. All visitors should automatically be given the WEZ Hwange map to aid navigation.  

Camping and caravan sites have piped water to each stand. Ablution and toilet facilities are provided in communal blocks and cooking facilities are available on wood or charcoal braais. There are no tents or camping equipment for hire.

Sinamatella Camp was a former cattle ranch. The camp is located near the northern boundary of the Park on a high outcrop that overlooks the Deka riverbed and grassy plain and 125 kilometres from Main camp. The name Sinamatella is a distortion of the name of a local shrub called "chinamatira" which characteristically will stick to clothing when brushed against. The Camp is approximately 120 kilometres from Main Camp. Vehicles are not allowed to travel between the two camps after 2pm. Sinamatella is an Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) and has lodges, chalets and camping sites as described in Main Camp. In addition, a restaurant, bar, shop and fuel are available.

Much the same criticisms of Main Camp apply to Sinamatella. The fabric of the buildings is in good order, but the fittings, cutlery, china, towels are of poor standard. Again the fans were not working, or had been removed, another maintenance issue which management needs to address. 

There are also several exclusive camps in the area:

Bambusi Camp consists of four "A" frame accommodation units, a cottage and a central lounge area. The kitchen is fully equipped with freezer and stove and a central ablution block comprises two toilets and two bathrooms. A maximum of twelve persons that may be accommodated, there is no electricity and the access road is rough, but can be negotiated by low clearance vehicles in the dry season.

Lukosi Camp has facilities similar to Bumbusi; the maximum number of occupants is 10 and is only available from November through April.

Bush Camps – these are undeveloped sites found at Lukosi, Vhikani, Rhino Bar, Salt Springs and Tshakabika. Four wheel drive or high clearance vehicles are necessary for visitors to Tshakabika.
Sinamatella’s main attractions include Mandavu Dam which provides a beautiful viewing hide to watch animals coming to drink and the Masuma and Detema Dams offer excellent hides for game viewing, wilderness trails, walks and fishing.

Robins Camp is close to the western boundary of Hwange and approximately 156 kilometres from Main Camp. Through traffic from Main Camp is required to leave by 12pm. This camp was bequeathed to the government in 1939 by a local farmer, Harold Robins and has lodges, chalets and camping sites. A restaurant, bar, shop and fuel are available. The exclusive camps in the Robins area:

Nantwich Camp consisting of three lodges, each fully equipped and self-contained. This remote camp is built on a small bluff which overlooks a natural pan and grassy plain.

Isilwane Lodge is a top of the range accommodation facility overlooking an artificial waterhole.

Deka Camp consists of two family units, each with two bedrooms, bathroom and toilet, a dining room, lounge, scenic verandah and kitchen with refrigerator and stove. The camp is serviced and fully equipped and takes a maximum of 12 persons. Deka Camp is situated 25 kilometres west of Robins Camp. Access is by four-wheel drive vehicles only and the camp is normally closed during the rainy season.

Robin’s Camp main attractions are Big Toms and Little Toms viewing hides which provide excellent game viewing. Activities include escorted daytime walks - available from all camps for a charge to groups of up to 6 persons and wilderness trails.

Camping is permissible in Hwange National Park at Shumba, Kapula, Mandavu Dam, Masuma, Ngweshla, Jambile, Kennedy 1, Guvalala, and Detema Picnic Sites. Each site consists of an enclosed picnic area (usually with shady trees or thatch cover) and a small ablution block with running water. Groups of up to 10 people may camp overnight at these areas, but the sites are also open to all visitors during daytime.

GPS reference for Main Camp: 18⁰43′50.19″E 26⁰57′05.51″E

GPS reference for Sinamatella Camp: 18⁰35′08.02″E 26⁰18′55.25″E

GPS reference for Robins Camp: 18⁰37′45.67″E 25⁰59′05.10″E