Zimbabwe Field Guide | Information on Historic, Cultural and Wildlife sites in Zimbabwe

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Chavadzimu rock art shelter

The shelter is easily accessible being about 450 metres from the tarred road down a track which...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Contemporary criticism of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) in 1889 – 90 from Henry Labouchère the editor of the journal Truth

IntroductionThis article is largely based on Eleanor Mabin’s thesis for an MA at Simon Fraser...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Hillside Dams

In the 1880’s the area was known as Matsheumhlope, or White Stones, the site of one of King...

Category:

Scenic, Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

Bulawayo in the 90’s

This article is taken from the Rhodes Centenary Supplement published by the Chronicle in Bulawayo...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Battle of Tshingengoma or Sikombo’s stronghold

This Google Earth view showing the line of advance of Plumer’s forces to the Tshingengoma...

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Province:

Matabeleland South

The importance of the Ancestors and the installation of a Chief

By Mlambo Manyezu MathiasThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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.