290 kilometres east of Harare. By road, seventy minutes by helicopter, or Air Zimbabwe to Mutare and forty minutes from Grand Reef.
↓Do not plan to drive the last stretch after dark.
Take the Mutare road east, the continuation of Samora Machel, past Marondera and Rusape to Mutare. In Mutare go straight through the roundabout until you reach a T-junction after passing a Zuva garage on your left. Turn right, following signs to Forbes Border, Forest Hills and Leopard Rock.
Pass the Forbes Border turn-off and drive another 200 metres of rough road to the Vumba Road: turn left immediately after the Total garage on your left. At the next fork turn left again; straight on goes to the Burma Valley. Just after the 17 km peg keep right, toward Forest Hills, Leopard Rock and the Botanical Gardens.
Another 15 kilometres, past Tony's, Forest Hills, the Botanical Gardens and HIVU, turn right into Eggardon Road. The hotel is two kilometres further, at the end of the road.
Air Zimbabwe operates scheduled flights between Harare and Mutare's Grand Reef Aerodrome, 65 kilometres from the hotel, and on to Victoria Falls. Days and times are on airzimbabwe.aero. The hotel collects from Grand Reef by prior arrangement. Mutare Airport, 35 kilometres away, has a 950-metre runway for private aircraft.
Seventy minutes from central Harare. The driving range is the landing ground and takes up to three helicopters at once. Give us the registration and the time.
Cars are collected in Harare rather than Mutare: Impala Car Rental (+263 772 382 946) and the Avis and Europcar desks at RGM International Airport. A 4x4 is needed only for the self-drive game loop, which the hotel can arrange in its own vehicle.
Mean daily maximum between 15 and 23 °C through the year, minimum between 4 and 12 °C. The rains fall from mid-November to mid-April; the mountain is greenest then and the mornings are in cloud. May to August is dry, clear and cold at night, with fires lit in the lounges. Peak occupancy runs from September to February.
About 1,450 metres at the hotel, 4,745 feet in the 1953 programme. Castle Beacon above is 1,911 metres.
Check-in 2 pm, check-out 11 am. Early or late by arrangement. Walk-ins welcome before 10 pm, subject to availability.
1 Eggardon Road, Vumba, Mutare, Zimbabwe
19°07′57″S, 32°46′54″E
reservations@leopardrockhotel.com
086 77 100 700
WhatsApp +263 772 100 791
