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Dr Arthur H. Newnham’s personal account of the siege at Hartley Hill fort from 16 June to their relief by Capt White’s column on 22 July 1896

AcknowledgementI am extremely grateful to Philip Crennell who spotted the article on the Hartley...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Kingsley Fairbridge – who was he?

Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge (1885-1924), was the founder of a child emigration scheme to British...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Chirinda Forest and the Big Tree

Local communities call this patch of forest Tshirinda or 'Refuge', and within its embrace...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

The 1893 Matabeleland campaign and the roles played by Jameson, Lobengula, Loch and Rhodes

This article covers the year 1893 in detail, the preceding period is covered only generally as a...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

World Wildlife Crime Report – Elephant Ivory

Introduction This article almost entirely relies on the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Maramuca, a Portuguese Feira dating from 1660 - 1680

There a number of direct and indirect nineteenth century references to the feira at Maramuca. In...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.