Fig Tree Campsite
Private campsite · Tashinga, park headquarters · Matusadona Conservation Trust
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (Conservation Trust)
A private campsite within Tashinga. The park describes it with a kitchen and a central tented living area, but a Kariba booking agent reported in December 2025 that the kitchen and gazebo were to be pulled down on 1 January 2026, which would leave a site without a kitchen. We could not confirm which is current, so ask the trust what you are booking.
Pros and cons
Pros
- A private site to yourselves within Tashinga, near the harbour
- On-site airstrip at Tashinga, 700 metres
- Close to reception and the shop for extra supplies
Cons
- Kitchen and gazebo may have been removed from 1 January 2026
- No rate published; ask the trust what is standing before booking
- Site blocked when checked; child policy unconfirmed for this unfenced site
What's here
- Campsite
Read from Fig Tree Campsite'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. Matusadona National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe trust's conservation levy for an international adult.
- $30per person, per day
- VehicleForeign-registered car or 4x4, per day.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $195 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The ZimParks 2026 gazette gives $24 for an international adult, not $30. We use the trust's levy because that is what operators pass on in 2026. Confirm with reservations.matusadona@africanparks.org.
The full fee schedule for Matusadona National ParkRates at Fig Tree Campsite
Not published. No rate is published for Fig Tree. Ask the trust's reservations office.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Indicative rates read in September 2026 from each property's own website or rate sheet, and where noted from an agent or the VisitKariba directory. Watch the basis: lodges quote per person per night, houseboats per boat per night, and several Kariba town places per room or per unit. Park fees are extra almost everywhere, at $30 per international adult per day on the trust's levy, and houseboats add their own park and lake charges.
Something this page does not answer?
This camp does not publish a rate, so the only way to a real number is to ask them or us.
This one is run by the park authority or its concessionaire, so the booking goes to them and not through anyone else. We are happy to help you work out whether it fits your route, which month suits it and what else sits near it.
Nothing on this site sits behind the form. Every figure we have is already on the page.
Questions about Fig Tree Campsite
What facilities does Fig Tree Campsite have?
That is unclear. The park describes Fig Tree with a kitchen and a central tented living area, but a Kariba booking agent reported in December 2025 that both were due to be removed on 1 January 2026. We could not confirm which is current, so ask the trust exactly what is standing before you book.
How much does Fig Tree Campsite cost?
No rate is published for Fig Tree. Ask the trust's reservations office for the current figure when you enquire. It is sold as a single private campsite within Tashinga, at park headquarters, close to reception, the shop and the harbour.
Is Fig Tree Campsite good for families?
The trust's site was blocked when we checked, so we could not confirm a child policy for Fig Tree; ask when you book. It is one private site at Tashinga, unfenced like the rest of the headquarters area, so treat it as you would any bush campsite and supervise children closely.