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1. Accommodation:
Lodge
 6 x En suite, air-conditioned cottages, each housing 3 persons - fully serviced.- 7 x En suite, air-conditioned cottages, housing 4 persons - fully serviced.
- 2 x En suite, air-conditioned cottages, housing 6 persons - fully serviced.
Self Catering:
- 2 x Self Catering Units housing between 18 – 28 persons.
Camping:
- Camping facilities with communal male and female ablutions. Occupants unlimited at Ugezi
Tiger Lodge.
Satellite Fishing Camp:
- An option to fish the river 43km below the dam wall between April and September is in the process of being developed.
House boat: (In the process of renovation)
- Chabena – Accommodating 6 persons comfortably.
- Transporter- Accommodating 12 persons comfortably.
2. Entertainment area
- A 240m² thatched lapa overlooking the dam.
- The lapa contains the A la Carte Restaurant
- Well stocked bar,
- Dining/leisure area and reception.
- Terrace in front of the lapa with a pleasant thatched umbrella covered area
- Splash pool
3. Conferencing
Two conference rooms available for up to 70 delegates (accommodation permitting)
Break-away rooms available.
4. General
 A permanent jetty and a launching area for those who bring their own boats
Getting there
Traveling arrangements:
Visitors are responsible for their own traveling arrangements. Ugezi Tiger Lodge personnel will provide them with the latest information available to them at the time.
Valid passports for the country of origin of all visitors. Take a certified copy of your Passport and visa with, and store it in a safe place.
Visas for Zimbabwe are issued at Zimbabwe's border posts. Excluding SA
Ensure that you comply with the medical/immunization requirements applicable for the time and duration of your visit.
Driving there
 By land the lodge can be reached by traveling through Zimbabwe via Beitbridge, Masvingo, Harare and Nyamapanda border post, or via Beitbridge, Masvingo, Mutari and Machipanda border post. Both routes meet at Changara in Mozambique and from there follow the same route to the Lodge.
The road is tarred right up to and past the Lodge entrance – although the road through Mutari has a lot of potholes for a number of kilometers. From the entrance a well maintained dirt road of ± 1500m leads to the parking area.
Make the arrangements required by your insurance company for vehicle, medical and theft coverage for the period that you leave the country in which you reside.
Valid drivers licenses.
Registration certificates for all motor vehicles and trailers. Take certified copies of these documents as well as police clearance certificates for all vehicles and trailers with, and store them in a safe place.
Take out separate Temporary Import Permits (TIP) for each vehicle and trailer.
This will be of assistance incase one of the above must be left behind due to a breakdown or accident.
Visitors traveling by road must ensure that they carry adequate fuel to cross Zimbabwe and stay within the applicable speed limits. They must also show reflective triangles in front of a towing vehicle and at the back of the trailer etc that is towed.
Flying there
Commercial flights ex. JHB International – Maputu – Tete are available daily
Chartered flights can be directed to the international airport at Songo ± 15km from the Lodge.
When flying with a charter company ensure that the following costs are included in the quotation: Aircraft and crew fees, Landing and parking fees, Approach and en route fees, Passenger taxes for the exit port and entry at Songo, Immigration and Customs fees, all flight clearance costs, in flight catering, and fuel surcharges.
The coordinates for Songo International Airport are:
S 15 degrees 36' 22.35"
E 32 degrees 46' 26.55"
Elevation: 900 m
Length of strip: 1100m
For both options Ugezi Tiger Lodge will offer a shuttle service with prior arrangement.
Activities
Fishing
 It is recommended that anglers provide their own tackle, however tackle for spinning and trolling (not fly) can be hired at the Lodge.
Angling is generally good throughout the year.
Tiger fish up to 14kg were caught in the dam, with the average weight from 4 to 8kg.
Lines with breaking strains from 8 to 20kg and rods and reels to suit are generally used.
The best angling results are obtained when angling from boats.
For more angling information please contact Dries Meyer at 0837534996 or 012-9973160 or Chris van der Walt at 0833055694, or Phil Bezuidenhout at 083276058.
Ugezi Tiger Lodge is a fly fishing haven – the biggest tiger on fly up-to-date has been 4.5kg.
For Tiger fish spinners (No 3 to 5) with silver or polished red copper blades and red reflecting stickers on the outside or polished red copper Efzet or Toby spoons give good results when trolled or cast. Use keel sinkers ± 500mm in front of spinners when trolling to prevent twisting of the line.
- Dobba-dobba
- Trolling
- Species
There are more than 40 species of angling fish in the dam, of which Tiger fish, Bream, Chessa, Cornish Jack and Vundu are the most popular.
Cahorra Bassa dam wall visit
Satellite river camp
4x4 excursions
Bird watching
Health and General Information
There is limited cell phone reception at Ugezi Tiger Lodge. The closest reception area is approximately 5km from the Lodge.
Computers are available for Memory Card downloads.
Songo is approximitly 17 km from Ugezi Tiger Lodge and offers a police station, medical hospital, airport, internet café, post office, banks (Banco Austral, BIM), shops and a local market
Obtain the present exchange rate for the conversion of Rand to Zim dollars and Mozambique Meticais from your Bank. Exchange only enough money to comply with your requirements in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
The Lodge is provided with a permanent electrical supply. Socket outlets in the camp have a 230V 50Hz supply and are of the same type as the standard 16A 3Pin types used in the RSA.
Visitors must provide their own toiletries and towels.
Obtain prophylactics for Malaria from your GP and stick to the prescribed dosage. Use other mosquito deterrents such as Peaceful Sleep, Tabard and Citronella oil based preparations from dusk to dawn.
Bottled water is available from the bar. It is recommended that bottled water should be used for consumption purposes.
Historic background
UGEZI TIGER LODGE is situated against the picturesque slopes of the mountains forming the gorge area of the Cahorra Bassa dam, Tete Province, Mozambique.
Many people recognized the potential of the Zambezi river, beginning with David Livingstone when he came upon a narrow gorge, called Kebrabassa, in 1858.
Literally translated "Kebrabassa" means "where the work cannot go on", presumably because of the rapids in the gorge. Kebrabassa was later changed to Cabora Bassa and more recently to Cahorra Bassa.
The Cahorra Bassa Dam project started as a joint project between the Portuguese and South African Governments in the late 1960's. Surveys had correctly shown that the physical features of the Cahorra Bassa Gorge were theoretically ideal for a hydro-electrical scheme, but the practical aspects were somewhat different due to endless Political wrangling. Contractors erected the biggest hydro electrical scheme in the Southern Africa region at an inaccessible site, and on a river best known for its violent and unpredictable floods. The tropical climate produced sweltering heat one moment and torrential rain the next. There was a continued shortage of skilled labour. Tropical diseases such as bilharzia, malaria and yellow fever also plagued labourers. They were also under a constant thread of hostile forces.
Despite all the problems, the river was closed with a double curved arch wall in 1974. This enclosure formed a man made lake 270km long with an average width of 10km's.
The lake contains 52 000 000 000 (fifty two thousand million) cubic meters of water, more than twice as much as South Africa's total water storage capacity. The station is equipped with five generators, each with a rating of 480MVA/220kV, rotating at 107 rpm by Francis type turbines. At that time it was the second biggest hydro electrical station in the world.
Six kilometers away a surface rectifier station converts the 220kV AC to 533kV DC. The power is then transmitted to the Apollo substation near Pretoria with two mono polar lines where it is inverted to 275kV AC and connected to the ESKOM grid. The transmission line utilizes 7000 towers, 40m high, and 1414km of steel core aluminium conductor. The transmission losses are ± 60MVA per line.
GPS Co-ordinates: S15° 36' 48.52" E°32 42' 0.14"
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