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

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Nurses Memorial

What follows is a shortened description of the journey from Beira to Penhalonga in 1891 by Rosanna...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Thuli Safari Area

The Thuli Safari area is a protected area in south-western Zimbabwe. It comprises four reserves...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Devil’s Pass and Fort Watts

Fort Watts and Castle Zonga EstateThe position of Fort Watts was given by Mike...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Nswatugi Cave - rock art paintings

The name Nswatugi is from the Karanga word 'svetuka' meaning “the place of...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

Kentucky Farm Rock Art Site

Although the frieze is protected only by a small overhang, this is one of the best sites in...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland West

Rock Art at Glen Norah East & West

Glen Norah East – “Bridge paintings”Elizabeth Goodall calls this frieze “...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Harare

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.