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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

Notorious kingpin of a Malawi wildlife crime syndicate, Yunhua Lin is jailed for 14 years

There is a still a big demand in Asia for elephant ivory, rhino horns and pangolins for their...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

Thetford Game Reserve

If there is only the time for half a day’s game drive, then Thetford Game Reserve, which...

Category:

Game Park, Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Lake Kariba

There are many stories that are put forward to explain the name Kariba. Local elders say that close...

Category:

Scenic, Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland West

The uses of cattle in Shona Society

By Langton DoreThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Leopard Rock Hotel

Situated thirty kilometres from Mutare by tar road along a spectacular road through the Bvumba...

Category:

Other

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.