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How Portuguese trade developed in Mozambique during the 16th/17th Centuries prior to the establishment of the feiras in the Mutapa State

BackgroundMuch of the material quoted below is sourced from the comprehensive articles by Ana Roque...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Mana Pools National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Natural Site

Mana Pools National Park together with Charara, Hurungwe, Sapi, Chewore and Dande Safari...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

When is the sickening trade in Lions going to be banned?

IntroductionMost of the information for this article comes from four articles in the Daily Maverick...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Edward Carey Tyndale-Biscoe who raised the flag at Salisbury, now Harare on 13 September 1890

A summary of his remarkable careerOn 10 December 2014 an important set of medals awarded to...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Henry Hallam Dam (also called Harava Dam)

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Harare

Zimbabwe’s illicit Gold Market hinders the country’s development

BackgroundAlmost all the information below is sourced from the Global Initiative against...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Midlands

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.