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Mumurgwe Hill, or Lion’s Head

On the southernmost boulder are four fish and a kudu cow in yellow, whose lower legs were once...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

World’s View Matobo, Rhodes’ grave and the Shangani Memorial

Cecil Rhodes, Dr Leander Starr Jameson, Charles P.J. Coghlan, Allan Wilson and the remains of the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

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

Extracts from Frank Oates’ ox-wagon journey in 1873 from Tati to Gubulawayo

Extracts from Frank Oates’ ox-wagon journey in 1873 from Tati to GubulawayoFrank Oates (1840...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

The 1893 Matabeleland campaign and the roles played by Jameson, Lobengula, Loch and Rhodes

This article covers the year 1893 in detail, the preceding period is covered only generally as a...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Zimbabwe on World Elephant Day 12 August 2021

Today we are reminded that conflict between people and wild animals is one of the main threats to...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland North

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.