Mangwe South - Wilberforce Ranch

Mangwe South   

Wilberforce Ranch is located in south western Zimbabwe and is accessed through Bulawayo International Airport. The drive time to the ranch and old Munro's homestead from Bulawayo is approximately 2 hours.

A unique and constantly developing conservation partnership with communities and landowners in the Mangwe South area has enabled us access to 5 properties amounting to 30 000 acres.

The properties are at the most south western extremity  of the Matobo Hills range. An area of great natural beauty with large granite dwalas and kopies dominating the area ,  interspersed with Mangwe sandveld , Mopane woodland , Dychrostachs thickets , small river lines , natural seeps and springs.

At the onset of the partnership in 2019 , wildlife was thin on the ground as a result of subsistence poaching. With a presence in the area and thorough anti-poaching efforts it has been incredible to watch the wildlife slowly come back. In 2023 we reintroduced Wildebeest , Giraffe and Impala and in 2025 we will be bringing in more Wildebeest , Impala and Warthogs.

The properties are home to an incredible diversity of wildlife ranging from Klipspringer , Bushpig's, Brown and Spotted Hyena, Zebra  and Aardvarks to Elephants in the drier months. The area is however , most well known for its exceptionally large bodied Leopards. 

Our annual quota here is comprised of 2 Elephant bulls , 1 Leopard , 1 Brown Hyena ( one of just a handful of tags issued in Zimbabwe ) , Black Mambas  and various general plains game. Both rifle and bow hunters can be accommodated here.

The properties are also steeped in history with numerous sites of San cave art in the granite hills , rock engravings and sites showing metal works by the early inhabitants of the area. 

Located on the property is the site of the Battle Of Singuesi ( 1st November 1893 ) in which the hunter / explorer , Frederick Courteney Selous was wounded , on horseback whilst assisting troops and wagons  retreating into the lager on the Singuesi River.