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Travel by Ox-wagon in the 1890’s – Lt-Col H. Vaughn-Williams recollections after 57 years

BackgroundLieutenant-Colonel H. Vaughn-Williams (the author, who I shall call ‘H’...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Types of Witchdoctors (N’angas)

By Emmanuel Asaph Tony NapataThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

The Save River (formerly Sabi)

The River’s proper name is Mutsave or Save (pronounce Sah-veh) and it has played a major role...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Rinderpest

Most of the following article is abbreviated from Frank W. Sykes' book: With Plumer in...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

The story of a nurse and authoress travelling on the Selous Road through Mashonaland in 1896 during the Mashona Rebellion or First Chimurenga

BackgroundThe title of the book relates to two of the most dramatic events in Southern Africa. The...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

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

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.