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Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and champion of elephants

World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, whose...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

How Portuguese trade developed in Mozambique during the 16th/17th Centuries prior to the establishment of the feiras in the Mutapa State

BackgroundMuch of the material quoted below is sourced from the comprehensive articles by Ana Roque...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The Siege of Deary’s Store at Abercorn June 21st – July 13th, 1896

This story would have remained as newspaper articles if Col. A.S. Hickman had not written The Siege...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Nyangombe Natural Swimming Pool / Falls

The rocks are slippery and care should be exercised when walking on them.Close to the Nyangombe...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

A Visit to Lobengula at the King’s Kraal or Umvutcha in 1889 – Lieut-Col. H. Vaughn-Williams recalls his stay after 57 years

IntroductionLieut-Col. H. Vaughn-Williams’ book A Visit to Lobengula in 1889 was published 57...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

South Africa makes the correct decision on the future of wildlife including lion breeding, rhino horn and the elephant ivory trade

South Africa makes the correct decision on the future of wildlife including lion breeding, rhino...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

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.