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How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese

First – a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

La Rochelle Country House and Spa, a National Trust of Zimbabwe property

During World War I Stephen Courtauld was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the...

Category:

Other

Province:

Manicaland

Early traveller’s impressions of Gubulawayo

A map of the approximate positions of the amaNdebele royal kraals of Kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

Mashona Rebellion / First Chimurenga 1896-7 graves at Old Marandellas (Ruzawi Cemetery)

Most of the material for this article comes from R. Hodder-Williams’ very useful articles in...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

The Old Umtali Pioneer's Cemetery and the strange story of the death of Monty Bowden

Background This article is from several sources. The first resulted from a visit to the Old Umtali...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Diana’s Pool and Embizeni Chalets

Situated within the Matobo Communal lands, the word ‘Embizeni’ (Place of the Pots) is...

Category:

Scenic, Cultural, Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

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.