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Rhodes’ Apostles – who were they and what happened to them?

SourcesI have used mainly Robert Cary’s book The Pioneer Corps and Colonel A.S. Hickman...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

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

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

Thomas Baines journey to Mashonaland in 1870 after Lobengula granted a verbal mineral concession and the first mining claim at Hartley Hills - Part 2

IntroductionPart 2 covers the journey Baines made to the northern goldfields for the second time in...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Drought and then flood at Victoria Falls

In January and February 2020 Zambia and Angola both received heavy seasonal rainfall which has...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Lake Mutirikwi (formerly Lake Kyle) Recreational Park

The Recreational Park is 16,900 hectares in extent of which 9,300 hectares are occupied by Lake...

Category:

Game Park

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.