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Manemba Cave

On the far left of the panel are lines of figures, some carrying heavy sticks on their shoulders, a...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

Zombepata

Amongst the more conventional paintings of animals at Zombepata are numerous images of zebra...

Category:

Scenic, Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The Beira and Mashonaland Railway – the Contractor’s stories

The railway was an important element of the country’s development and many excellent articles...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Runde (formerly Lundi) River strip road

In 1900 there were no properly constructed roads in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and when travelling on...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Matendere Monument

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

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Mashona Rebellion / First Chimurenga 1896-7 graves at Old Marandellas (Ruzawi Cemetery)

Most of the material for this article comes from R. Hodder-Williams’ very useful articles in...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

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.