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The ordeals in bringing the railway line from Beira to Umtali (now Mutare)

For the country to progress at all it was necessary to build an adequate transport system with...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Kariba Dam construction

The concrete arch dam is 128 metres high and 633 metres along the crest. For many years the site on...

Category:

Building

Province:

Mashonaland West

Ewanrigg Botanical Garden – a tribute to its creator Basil Christian

Author photo; the National A13 road from Harare to EwanriggEwanrigg’s...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Pungwe Falls

The Pungwe River has its source in a swamp high in the Nyanga Hills, where as a small perennial...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Lake Mutirikwi (formerly Lake Kyle) Recreational Park

The Recreational Park is 16,900 hectares in extent of which 9,300 hectares are occupied by Lake...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Masvingo

Zimbabwe’s political leadership belongs to the old order; it’s time they were replaced by new leaders like Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema

IntroductionIn 2025 Maia Sandu, Moldova’s President was nominated The Telegraph’s World...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

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.