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The 1561 martyrdom of Dom Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J.

The 1561 martyrdom of Dom Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J.Like Antonio Fernandes, Silveira was one of the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Bulawayo and the Matabele Rebellion (or Umvukela) – Part 2, after the first few weeks, a change in tactics

IntroductionMarshall Hole, the B.S.A. Company employee for over twenty-five years wrote, “...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Matobo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Site

The Matobo National Park is situated within the sprawling Matobo Hills, a range of granite domes...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland South

Iron Mine Hill (Ntabasinsimbe) and the first casualty of the 1893 Matabele War

Situated some 58 kilometres from Gweru on the railway line to Masvingo is a remote siding called...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Midlands

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo

The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe came into being in 1901 as the Rhodesian Museum before being...

Category:

Cultural, Geological, Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa in 1891-2 (Part 2 of 5 - Arrival in the Barotse Valley)

29 November 1891. “This morning, instead of starting, the carriers, led by two rascals, Bwete...

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.