Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp
Campsite · Above the Mtshabezi and Umzingwane valleys · Dwala Safaris
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Budget
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
A campsite with an A-frame shelter, showers, toilets and a solar geyser, now run by Dwala Safaris. The name used to belong to Shumba Shaba Lodge, whose horse trails are still advertised by booking sites; that lodge no longer trades and its old domain is dead.
Pros and cons
Pros
- A campsite with a view over two valleys
- Solar hot water at the showers
- Safari walks and cycling trails run from camp
- An A-frame gazebo, showers, toilets and a washing-up area
Cons
- No rates published anywhere for the current camp
- No published capacity or minimum stay, and no child policy found
- Confusable with the old Shumba Shaba Lodge, which no longer trades
What's here
- Campsite
Read from Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Matobo National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe ZimParks rate if you drive in from outside.
- $18per person, per day
- VehicleForeign-registered car, $10 a day visiting and $3 staying inside; a Zimbabwe-registered hire car pays $5 and $2.
- $10per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $138 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
World's View and the painted caves need a separate NMMZ ticket, $10 per non-resident adult, which is not included in these sums.
The full fee schedule for Matobo National ParkRates at Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp
Rate on request. No current rates published. Prices for the former Shumba Shaba Lodge, still found on older listings, no longer apply.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked in September 2026. Where a lodge publishes its own rate we use it, with its date; for Amalinda, Big Cave and Shashani, which do not print rates on their own sites, the figure comes from a named reseller or agent and says so. The price filter and sort use per-person rates only; lodges that price per room or per unit show their rate in the text but carry no sortable figure. ZimParks entry is extra almost everywhere: $18 per international adult per day driving in, $10 sleeping inside, and the NMMZ ticket for World's View and the caves is $10 on top.
Questions about Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp
Is Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp good for families?
We found no published child policy or minimum age for this camp, so ask when you enquire with reservations@dwalasafaris.com. The site gives no capacity figure either, so confirm how many a pitch or hut takes before you book for a family.
How much does Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp cost?
No current rate is published. Older listings still quote prices for the former Shumba Shaba Lodge, which no longer trades under that name; those figures do not apply to the current Dwala Safaris campsite. Contact reservations@dwalasafaris.com for an up-to-date price.
What is Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp like, and is it the same as Shumba Shaba Lodge?
It is a campsite with an A-frame gazebo, showers, toilets and a solar geyser for hot water, overlooking the Mtshabezi and Umzingwane valleys, now run by Dwala Safaris. The name overlaps with the former Shumba Shaba Lodge, whose horse trails are still advertised on some booking sites, but that lodge no longer trades and its old domain is dead.
How do you book Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp?
Book through reservations@dwalasafaris.com or the booking button on the Dwala Safaris site. Activities on offer include nature walks, campfires and cycling trails, but minimum stay and exact capacity are not published, so confirm both when you enquire.