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Globe and Phoenix Mine Manager’s House

Diana Polisensky tells us that Mr R.J. Allwright was its first resident and began its extensive...

Category:

Building

Province:

Midlands

Quentin Barnett’s childhood memories of life at Widgeon Ranch, Felixburg, Rhodesia 1956-1971

My Grandfather, Thomas Wilkie Barnett, died on Alanberry Farm (neighbouring Widgeon Ranch) in March...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

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

Inanke Cave

This well-lit cave is situated high up on the steep granite slopes of Inanke Mountain with broad...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

Cross Kopje, Mutare

C.M. Hulley in his fascinating History of Manicaland states; “everyone has admired the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Origins and legends of the Shona-speaking people

By Samuel GudzaThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

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.