Denise's Kitchen/Parugare Safaris & Lodges | Established Campground

February 15th, 2024 by daktari4x4

Very nice place, shade beside trees. They opened a rondavel for us. This
was very clean plus hot shower and electricity.

February 14th, 2024 by overlandunderdog

Staff are super friendly, camping is on the grass next to rondavels, you get a key to a rondavel to access a hot shower and toilet. There is WiFi that works well, cost is 8$pp pn. Great spot to break up the drive south after a day in Harare.

August 23rd, 2022 by rebekka.braunmiller

Amazingly welcoming, nice and super helpful staff. A great place to stay. They do everything to make you happy and feel at home. At the moment shower only in one of the chalets if one is free. But they are thinking of building a shower for campers. Toilets clean. Place is well looked after. Highly recommended!!!

August 20th, 2022 by TOTO-MUMBA

This place is highly recommended! Everything is very clean and neat. The dinner was delicious. They served the best chicken we ever had! The staff is very friendly, helpful and obliging.

July 13th, 2022 by heleenmoulder

Lovely surprise to have a clean campsite and friendly hosts that do not want to rip you off. WiFi and electricity and peaceful surroundings. lovely place to stay overnight. only 8 US per person.

May 25th, 2022 by taffy_fetuh

best place ever, very welcoming, nice camping grounds and lovely birds (peacocks and duckies ). a very quite place for campers and good pricing as well (8 USD per night). thank you @ denises kitchen had a great time( very memorable ).

April 25th, 2022 by Stiebilli op Jöck

We stayed here one night on our way from Bulawayo to Mutare. The road from Gweru to Chivhu is brand new and there were no police stopps on the way.
We camped further back next to a chalet which we could use for shower (solar) and toilet. The shower was really hot! We could also plug in our fridge and use WiFi for free. We payed 8 US$ pppn.
You can hear the traffic from the road but as it wasn't much it didn't bother us. You can also have breakfast and dinner. The lodge itself offers different chalets, picnic tables and there is a kids playground. Peacocks and some ducks are roaming around freely.
We had a peaceful night and can recommend this place.
Tel. 0775910076

December 19th, 2019 by Denise's Kitchen

Denise's Kitchen is also known as Parugare Safaris & Lodges.

February 5th, 2018 by wildlifemargrit

Although we arrived in the rain this was a lovely place to spend the night. No hot shower!! But price is right at $5pp. Wish we could have stayed another night to watch the birds. Unfortunately the road from Gweru to Harare is bad. Narrow with potholes and many big trucks make it intense driving. Would have come back this way if it wasn’t for the road.

October 9th, 2017 by afrika-drimslar.de

Nice green Compound with Bungalows and Camping not far from the Main Road. Ablution Block was ready but provided Toilets only. So we also went to one of the Bungalows to take a Shower (no hot Water available at the Moment). Shelter available in Case of Rain. Free and fast Wifi. Very friendly Staff. The Peacocks and other Birds were very loud but it was quite at Night. We also only had to pay 5 USD pppn.

June 25th, 2017 by reisenhilftblog.wordpress.com

This is a very very nice place to stay.We paid 7US$ pp and its worth every cent! The Owners are incredible friendly and helpful. The Ablution is not completly working at the moment, so we could stand by one of the beautiful lodges to use the toilet and the shower. There is gras everywhere and lots of peacocks around, but they don´t make much noise. The Wifi is very fast and we had a good signal at our place which was the farthermost from the reception. We had dinner at the restaurant and it was very delicious. So , this place is one of the nicest places at our threemonth-journey till now !! We will certainly check in here again, if we ever come back to Zimbabwe!!!!!

August 17th, 2015 by 4ever2wherever (Margriet & Jan)

Well maintained lodge and restaurant that offers camping facilities. Campers stay at the lawn behind the lodge. Public toilets, shower in one of the rooms. Many peacocks around.
USD 10 (2 adults, camper).