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Witches and Witchcraft

By Ignatius M. ZvarevasheThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Are there cultural links between Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe?

introductionAccording to Thomas Huffman Mapungubwe (meaning ‘Hill of the Jackals’) was...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo

The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe came into being in 1901 as the Rhodesian Museum before being...

Category:

Cultural, Geological, Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Thomas Baines and the Hartley Hills goldfield

For general background refer to the article Pre-Colonial Mining in Zimbabwe on the website www....

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Kariba Houseboat charters– something for everyone

One of the most popular activities on Lake Kariba; for many visitors a boating holiday on a...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Which Zimbabwean individuals and companies have been sanctioned by the USA / UK?

BackgroundIn a recent survey by Afrobarometer[i] which examined Zimbabwean citizens’...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

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.