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Marange Diamonds – Zimbabwe’s natural resource stolen from the nation

AcknowledgmentsMuch of the basic content of this article owes its origin and details to the work...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Manicaland

The Beira and Mashonaland Railway – the Contractor’s stories

The railway was an important element of the country’s development and many excellent articles...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Rhodes Nyanga Estate

The Park was once the private estate of the nineteenth century businessman and politician Cecil...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Bulawayo’s 40th Anniversary in 1933 celebrating the 1893 occupation of Matabeleland

This was commemorated with the publication of the Occupation of Matabeleland: A Souvenir and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Battle of Tshingengoma or Sikombo’s stronghold

This Google Earth view showing the line of advance of Plumer’s forces to the Tshingengoma...

Category:

Province:

Matabeleland South

The story behind Derick Hoste who died of blackwater fever at Hartley Hills in 1893

Henry Francis “Skipper” Hoste was one of the older officers when at the age of 37 he...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Welcome

One of the purposes of this website is to reassure visitors that the whole of Zimbabwe, including those remotest corners, are safe to travel.

The only way that today’s visitors and residents of Zimbabwe can appreciate the jigsaw puzzle of Zimbabwe’s history is by visiting and by walking through these silent sites and examining them and reading the excellent site descriptions and brochures that are available which I would encourage NMMZ to keep expanding. If this guide helps those visitors a little in understanding the background information then the effort in preparing it will have been repaid.

Each article gives a breakdown of sites by area and by category on what there is to see, and each location has detailed directions on how to get there and the reasons to make a visit. This is being added to all the time, but if you know of a site that you cannot find here, please let me know through the contact form.

Although I have included the details of game lodges and tented camps, that does not mean I endorse them as this is a non-commercial site. I simply want visitors and residents to know what is available and, in any case, these places are an essential part of the typical visitor's wildlife experience of Zimbabwe.