Zimbabwe Field Guide | Information on Historic, Cultural and Wildlife sites in Zimbabwe

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Terracing and Water Furrows

Archaeologists say terraces are the most characteristic of Nyanga ruins and there are...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Victoria Falls and Zambezi National Parks

The borders of both National Parks are partly shaped by the Zambezi River which also forms the...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland North

Zimbabwe loses €16m EU Aid and another great opportunity as our politicians shilly-shally over land reform

Zimbabwe loses €16m EU Aid and another great opportunity as our politicians shilly-shally over...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Masvingo

Lake Kariba Recreational Park

There are 102 islands on the lake amongst which the following are well-known: Fothergill, Spurwing...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

The Mutapa (Mwenemutapa, Monomotapa) State in its heyday c.1480 – c.1623

IntroductionThe article The Rise of the Mutapa State and the early arrival of the Portuguese c.1450...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The death of Cecil John Rhodes at his Muizenberg cottage in 1902

Rhodes in 1901From March to May in 1901 Rhodes was at Kimberley overseeing De Beers business and...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

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.