Tashinga Cottages
Self-catering cottages · Tashinga, park headquarters · Matusadona Conservation Trust
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (Conservation Trust)
Three cottages at Tashinga, Mopane and Mahogany A and B, that the park designed, built and operates, and whose profits go to its conservation work. Each sleeps two with room for extra children's beds, and has an en-suite bathroom, fans, solar power and a kitchen. African Parks credits them with a jump in domestic visitors in 2025. There is deliberately no Wi-Fi.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Built and run by the park; profits fund its conservation work
- En-suite, solar-powered cottages, each with its own kitchen
- Extra beds available for children
- Three booking options: self-catering, assisted self-catering or fully catered
Cons
- No Wi-Fi, by design
- No rate published for any of the three booking options
- Mahogany A and B book together, minimum three guests
- Child policy unconfirmed (site blocked); extra children's beds are offered
What's here
- En-suite bathrooms
- Solar or 24h power
- Self-catering
Read from Tashinga Cottages'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 Tashinga Cottages
Not published. No rate is published. Three ways to book them: self-catering, assisted self-catering with a cook, or fully catered. Mahogany A and B are booked together with a minimum of three guests; Mopane stands alone.
It depends which package you book. This camp sells more than one basis, from self-catering up to fully inclusive. The rates note says what each one covers.
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 Tashinga Cottages
What does it cost to stay in Tashinga Cottages?
No rate is published. You can book Mopane or Mahogany A and B self-catering, with a cook added for assisted self-catering, or fully catered; Mahogany A and B are booked together with a minimum of three guests, while Mopane stands alone. Ask the trust's reservations office for current prices.
Are Tashinga Cottages good for families?
Each cottage sleeps two with room for extra children's beds, so they suit a small family, though the trust's site was blocked when we checked, so we could not confirm a minimum age; ask when you book. The cottages are en-suite, solar-powered and have their own kitchen, with deliberately no Wi-Fi.
Who runs Tashinga Cottages?
The park itself designed, built and operates the three cottages, Mopane and Mahogany A and B, with the profits going straight back into its conservation work. African Parks credits them with a jump in domestic visitors during 2025.