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The arrival of the AmaNdebele in Matabeleland and the succession of King Lobengula

Migration of the amaNdebele to MatabelelandWhen Mzilikazi left the Transvaal[1] they all came...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Malaria kills a child every minute worldwide; will a new vaccine save them?

Some Key Facts about MalariaGlobally in 2022, there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases and...

Category:

Other

Province:

Harare

The rise of the Mutapa State and the early arrival of the Portuguese c.1450 - c.1480

The first limitation in writing any article on the Mutapa state is the absence of original and...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Operation Noah Memorial

Few outside of conservation circles know the name Rupert Fothergill today, or remember the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland West

Victoria Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Natural Site

The top ten World sites include three from Africa; Victoria Falls, the great Rift Valley in Kenya...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park, Cultural, Geological

Province:

Matabeleland North

Chikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Central Cave

The Central cave to the west has a long line of animals painted across it with over 30 images...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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.