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Jack Parsonson – War ace and one of Mashonaland Country District’s most colourful characters

Original draft by Doug McClymontJack Parsonson was shot down three times - first, by Afrika Corps...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Traveller’s tales from the Devil’s Pass

This article is made up of the accounts of early travellers who used the road through the Devil...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland East

Morally and financially bankrupt Zimbabwe government forces Zimparks to sell elephant hunts to pay Game Rangers salaries

Our government through its inept economic policies and widespread corruption is unable to provide...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Harare

Matusadonha National Park

See the update in a recent article on the 20 year agreement between African Parks and Zimparks...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

Bvumba National Botanical Gardens (formerly Manchester Gardens)

Manchester Farm, situated in the Vumba Mountains, was bought in 1926 by the late Mr. F.J....

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Maramuca, a Portuguese Feira dating from 1660 - 1680

There a number of direct and indirect nineteenth century references to the feira at Maramuca. In...

Category:

Historic

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.