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The history of the Chiota tribe

By Patience TuhweThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the...

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Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland East

Henry Borrow, after whom Borrowdale is named

AcknowledgementsA number of authors have used Henry Borrow’s letters in the past with...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Inanke Cave

This well-lit cave is situated high up on the steep granite slopes of Inanke Mountain with broad...

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Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

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

Orbicular Granite Formation

The black and white objects within the rock are called orbicules and the mass of mostly ellipsoidal...

Category:

Scenic, Geological

Province:

Matabeleland South

The 1893 Occupation of Bulawayo by the Salisbury and Victoria Columns

Photographs and descriptions of all the principal individuals involved in this article are given in...

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.