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Painted Wolf; How did one of Zimbabwe’s most endangered wildlife species acquire so many names?

They have so many names: African hunting dog, African wild dog, Cape hunting dog, hyena dog, ornate...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

Traditional Ceremonies which persist

By Dominic M. MandazaThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

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

The Newton Commission conclusions on the ‘Victoria incident’

IntroductionThe events leading up to the ‘Victoria incident’ are included in the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

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

James Dawson’s account of finding the remains of Allan Wilson and his patrol

The final stages of the 1893 occupation of MatabelelandOn 29 October 1893 King Lobengula sent a...

Category:

Historic

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.