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The Victoria Falls Bridge

Percy Clark in his book Autobiography of an Old Drifter tells how Charles Fox, nephew of Sir...

Category:

Scenic, Historic, Building

Province:

Matabeleland North

Thomas Moodie’s Grave

In 1891 Dunbar Moodie travelled through Chief Gungunhana's country in Gazaland, on the borders...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Fort Umlugulu (previously Fort Nsezi, or Sugar-bush Camp) and the Cemetery

AmaNdebele tacticsThere is every reason to believe that the Matabele uprising or First Umvukela was...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Ewanrigg Botanical Garden – a tribute to its creator Basil Christian

Author photo; the National A13 road from Harare to EwanriggEwanrigg’s...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Mashonaland East

George Westbeech and the road to Pandamatenga

IntroductionThis article is about two subjects; George Westbeech and the road which he built and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa (Part 4 of 5 - From Palapye, formerly Palachwe, to Massi-Kessi, now Manica)

30 March 1892. We reached Palachwe, present-day Palapye, the main town of the Mangwato (referred to...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

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.