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What is the Chinese Motivation in Zimbabwe?

Introduction – why is Eddie Cross’s article so relevant?The article below by Eddie...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Harare

Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings

Much of the detail has been covered by Fraser Edkins of the killing of Ebenezer Crouch Edkins at...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

The Save River (formerly Sabi)

The River’s proper name is Mutsave or Save (pronounce Sah-veh) and it has played a major role...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

O.C. Rawson (1874 – 1953) of Darwendale

The following story of Otto Christian Rawson[i] ‘O.C.'s’ early life in Darwendale...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland West

Zimbabwe’s artisanal gold miners risk being poisoned with mercury (Hg)

Gold is integral to Zimbabwe’s economyArtisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)[i]...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Midlands

Murahwa’s Hill Nature Reserve

Paths have been cut and are maintained by the National Trust of Zimbabwe’s caretaker from the...

Category:

Scenic

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.