Chiefs Tented Camps has opened a seasonal luxury private-use tented camp in Victoria Falls.
The property, Victoria Falls Tented Camp, is designed to accommodate high-end corporate groups during peak flood season at Victoria Falls.
Tented Camp Victoria Falls
The luxury camp provides a solution for MICE and Incentive Groups.
Victoria Falls Tented Camp introduces a fully private-use offering tailored specifically to high-end incentive travel, group organisers, and DMC partners.
Operating seasonally from March to September, the camp is engineered specifically for the group and incentive market, allowing groups of 80-100+ to stay together.
For the past two decades, the luxury travel market has faced a major hurdle: the lack of dedicated, large-scale accommodation for high-end corporate groups during peak flood season at Victoria Falls.
“Victoria Falls has long been a leading incentive destination, but over time the availability of dedicated group inventory has diminished as the market shifted toward smaller boutique properties,” says Allan Johnston of Chiefs Tented Camps.
Developed in partnership with long-established Victoria Falls operator Shearwater, the camp responds to a long-standing gap in the market for dedicated group travel.
During peak season at the Falls, boutique properties are typically booked years in advance by leisure and tour operators, leaving limited capacity for larger groups.
Private Natural Setting
Set within the private Jafuta Reserve, the camp lies within an important wildlife corridor long used by the region’s Jafuta elephant population as they have moved through these landscapes for generations between protected wilderness areas surrounding Victoria Falls.
Elephants and other wildlife continue to pass through the reserve regularly, offering guests a more immersive bush experience than is typically possible so close to the Falls.
The setting also highlights the importance of preserving connected conservation landscapes across the region.
Bespoke Accommodation
Accommodation takes the form of luxury en-suite canvas tents designed with a low-impact footprint and a strong sense of place.
The initial setup includes 40 tents accommodating up to 80 guests sharing, with infrastructure scalable for larger bespoke groups of more than 100 guests.
Rather than focusing on traditional luxury alone, the camp’s identity is strongly rooted in elephant conservation, education, and community engagement within the immediate surrounding area.
Located on the Jafuta Reserve, the experience is designed around an active conservation landscape, with opportunities for guests to take part in educational, interactive elephant-focused experiences linked to ongoing conservation work in the region.
Days unfold through guided nature experiences, river-edge sundowners off the main tourist circuit, wildlife encounters, photography, and tailored cultural programming with local artists and storytellers.
Evenings are centred around private fires, open-air dining, and a quieter rhythm shaped by the surrounding wilderness.
Sustainable Solutions
Chiefs Tented Camps has prioritised local collaboration throughout the camp’s development, sourcing décor and design elements from Zimbabwean artisans and manufacturers wherever possible.
“What we’ve created at Jafuta is a private canvas camp where groups can come together in one place, in the bush, without compromise, close to the Falls, but completely immersed in nature.” Johnston said.
Through exclusive arrangements with ZimParks, guests can also access lesser-travelled routes into nearby national parks, including Chamabonda and Zambezi National Park, avoiding many of the region’s higher-density tourist access points.
Designed with a light environmental footprint in mind, the camp operates off-grid, with plans to gradually incorporate solar power over time.
Waste and recycling are managed through certified local partners in Victoria Falls, supporting responsible operations within the sensitive Jafuta ecosystem.
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