TYPE AND SIZE OF VESSEL: 48Ft. Double Decked Pontoon style houseboat
MAXIMUM No. OF PASSENGERS: 8 in cabins but will take 12 passengers
CREW MEMBERS: 4 – Captain, Chef and 2 x Deckhands – they have their own
Ablutions and cabins
TENDERS: 1 x 18ft. Bazooka with 40h.p. Oil Injected Mercury motor
1 x 18ft. Sportster with 115h.p. Mercury Oil Injected Motor
Only the crew are permitted to pilot the tenders.

ACCOMMODATION: Lower Deck:-
2 x double en-suite air-conditioned cabins
2 x double air-conditioned cabins with wash hand basins
Separate toilet facility
Two x separate showers with hand basins
Fully equipped kitchen with 2 x 210 litre deep freezers
One x large split fridge/freezer, gas oven with 4-plate top
Microwave and all crockery, cutlery and utensils provided

Upper Deck:-
Large carpeted undercover dining and bar area – there are
Canvas drop-down blinds to protect the guests from bad
weather conditions.
Bar freezer, two x fitted cooler boxes and gas braai
There is a 4-seater splash pool which is open (not shaded)

Extra Information: Water is supplied via 2 x 500 litre holding tanks. This is Lake
Water but it is treated with chlorine – please do not drink the
water from the taps. Guests must have bottled water for
drinking.

Hot water for the showers is supplied via three gas geysers.
Electricity is supplied via a Solar Inverter battery system which
is backed up by a petrol 7kva gen set.
The air-conditioners are run off a separate petrol generator.

MOORED: Kulizwe Harbour, Binga

BOARDING TIME: 12 Noon onwards
DISEMBARKING TIME: 10:00a.m. (later by special request only).


Guests boarding Philadelphia are kindly requested to provide their own personal toiletries, swimming towels, first aid kits and to take all precaution against malaria.


At the time of writ