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

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Madzimudzangara Cave

The paintings are so thickly painted it is quite difficult to disentangle them. Unfortunately...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

The story behind Derick Hoste who died of blackwater fever at Hartley Hills in 1893

Henry Francis “Skipper” Hoste was one of the older officers when at the age of 37 he...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Fort Charter

IntroductionThis paper is based on a survey carried out by J.K.G. Borcherds, B.Arch., RIBA in...

Category:

Historic, Building

Province:

Midlands

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

Mwanga Lodge and Bally Vaughn Bird and Game Sanctuary

Perhaps the best way to enjoy the experience is on a day safari. Situated just 50 kilometres from...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland East

Ziwa Ruins and Site Museum (formerly Van Niekerk Ruins)

On Google Maps from an eye altitude of 1.7KM the enclosure circles and terracing are clearly...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

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.