Zimbabwe Field Guide | Information on Historic, Cultural and Wildlife sites in Zimbabwe

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Mare Dam

Trout fly-fishing is probably the main attraction for many visitors and Inyanga is the only place...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Fort Gibbs and Sgt. William Maxwell's grave

A summary of events leading up to the establishment of Fort Gibbs are described by Ian Tomes....

Category:

Historic, Building

Province:

Midlands

Lake Chivero Recreational Park

Lake Chivero (previously Lake Mcllwaine) Recreational Park is about 6,100 hectares in extent,...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Harare

The Battle of Shangani (called Bonko by the amaNdebele) on 25 October 1893

The combined Columns cross the Shangani riverThe Salisbury and Fort Victoria Columns joined...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Troutbeck Inn

To many Zimbabweans the fireplace in the entrance hall that has been burning continuously since...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

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

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.