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

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Major Stabb’s hunting trip in 1875 to the Zambesi Valley via Gubulawayo

IntroductionHenry Stabb’s meticulously kept diary provides a wealth of information on the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Kariba Dam construction

The concrete arch dam is 128 metres high and 633 metres along the crest. For many years the site on...

Category:

Building

Province:

Mashonaland West

The Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe in photographs - 2025

The Great Enclosure and Valley Complex as seen from the Hill ComplexSummers reveals...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Figtree, or Fort Molyneaux and the 1896 Matabele Rebellion or Umvukela

GPS 20°22'27.70"S 28°19'22.24"E Altitude 1,382 metres (4,560...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

Murray MacDougall Drive

Murray McDougall travelled into Zimbabwe in 1906 exploring the Lowveld bush and hunting in the...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Masvingo

Thomas Baines journey to Matabeleland in 1871 to obtain a written mineral concession from Lobengula and his return through the Limpopo Valley - Part 3

In May 1871 Baines set out once again to obtain a written concession from Lobengula, the London...

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.