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Terracing and Water Furrows

Archaeologists say terraces are the most characteristic of Nyanga ruins and there are...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Chizarira National Park

The name Chizarira comes from the Batonga “chijalila,” or “sijalila”...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland North

Matendere Monument

I have not personally visited Matendere Monument and would appreciate any recent photographs which...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Thomas Baines – more paintings from his Zambezi journey

Thomas Baines – more paintings from his Zambezi journeyMuch of the detail of the Zambezi...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Mzilikazi's Grave

For a summarised account of Mzilikazi’s life see the article on the Mzilikazi Memorial under...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

The Zeederberg Coach Company and the first passenger services into the country

Doel Zeederberg used passenger coaches built by the Abbot Downing Company based in Concord, the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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.