About Kwanele
“A family-built, conservancy-partnered lodge on the Sebakwe — grown from Nyangombe into Kwanele, without ever leaving the land that shaped it.”
What began as Nyangombe Safari Lodge has grown into Kwanele — the same riverbank, the same conservancy partnership, a name that better carries what we’ve built here over the past decade.
People are at the heart of it: our guides, our guests, and the rangers and scouts who share this land with us every day.
A Letter From The Family
Built by people who know this ground.
Kwanele sits on the banks of the Sebakwe River, inside the Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy — a stretch of Zimbabwe most visitors never reach. What started as a family project grew, year by year, into a working partnership with the conservancy’s rangers and scouts.
Every chalet, every trail, every boma dinner is designed around one idea: guests should leave understanding why this land is worth protecting, not just photographing it. We hope your time here does exactly that.
Ten Years on the Sebakwe
A short history of a long partnership.
Guides, Rangers & Scouts
Guides who read the bush like a second language.
Our guiding team is drawn from the local community and trained alongside the conservancy’s own anti-poaching scouts — the same people protecting the rhino by day often lead your walk the next morning.
John Moyo
Head Guide
Totem — Shumba (Lion)
Micheal Chimuti
General Manager
Totem — Moyo (Heart)
Simba Magerwe
Conservancy Liaison
Totem — Ngwena (Crocodile)
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Come see it for yourself.
The story is better told over a boma fire than a screen.