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Mount Nyangani (formerly Mount Inyangani)

The landscape of Mount Nyangani is not as rugged and untamed as in Chimanimani; the...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Arcturus village

Arcturus the nameThere are a number of articles on place names in Zimbabwe, but none mention the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

The First Pioneers of Matabeleland; notes on the early Missionaries by Sir Robert Tredgold

This article was written by Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold[1] and was published within the Occupation...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Madzimudzangara Cave

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

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

Postal service in 1890 – 1892; the post-stations from Fort Tuli to Salisbury

Much of the detail, particularly quotes, contained below comes from the article by Dave Collis...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Terracing and Water Furrows

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

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.