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The Hunter’s Road - followed on maps

To those unfamiliar with the term ‘the Hunter’s Road’ a brief explanation for an...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

A Visit to Lobengula at the King’s Kraal or Umvutcha in 1889 – Lieutenant-Colonel H. Vaughn-Williams recalls his stay after 57 years

Introduction Lieut-Col. H. Vaughn-Williams’ book A Visit to Lobengula in...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

Makumbe Cave and Lower Makumbe Cave

Makumbe CavePeter Garlake thinks that the immense Makumbe cave, 100 metres wide by 30 metres deep...

Category:

Scenic, Rock Art

Province:

Harare

Dan Judson and the Africa Transcontinental Telegraph Co

In the article on the Mazowe Patrol, under Mashonaland Central, I have noted that Dan Judson, the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Troutbeck Inn

To many Zimbabweans the fireplace in the entrance hall that has been burning continuously since...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Thomas Leask’s elephant hunting trip to Matabeleland and Mashonaland in 1866 from his diary

IntroductionThomas Leask made the following journeys into the interior: Bechuanaland (1865)...

Category:

Cultural

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.