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Chengeta Safari Lodge and Pamuzinda Safari Lodge

Chengeta has seven double-bedded and nine twin-bedded rooms, all ensuite which are grouped around...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

Pink Elephants

Pink Elephants comprises six faded pink elephants high above an overhanging shelter at the summit...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Manicaland

Inyati and the activities of the London Missionary Society in Matabeleland from 1859

Introduction Most of what follows is taken from two sources. The first is the Reverend William...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Old Umtali – the second site

The name "Umtali" is derived from the African word “Mutare" meaning”...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Witches and Witchcraft

By Ignatius M. ZvarevasheThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Antonio Fernandes, probably the first European traveller to Zimbabwe in 1511 - 12

His life as we know it is summed up by Hugh Tracey in his Rhodesiana article: “Brought to...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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.