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George ‘Joros’ Westbeech’s influence in the lower Zambesi Valley and his 1885-1888 diaries

George Westbeech did keep a diary but sadly most of it has been lost except for those parts...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

A look at present-day Marula, between Bulawayo and Plumtree

Marula owes its existence to the railway line. Early locomotives were steam powered and coal...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

Francisco Barreto’s military expedition up the Zambesi river in 1569 to conquer the gold mines of Mwenemutapa (Monomotapa)

The background to the military expedition J. Boxer writes that there was no doubt that in seeking...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The naturalist Frank Oates who visited the Victoria Falls on 31 December 1874 and died only 36 days later of fever

Frank Oates (1840 - 1875) was the quintessential Victorian naturalist; his discoveries are...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Bambata Cave - rock art paintings

Description of the archaeological excavations at Bambata CaveBambata cave was first explored in...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

Claremont Soapstone Sculptors

The farm kiosk selling jam, chutneys and vegetables is also highly recommended

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

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.