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Nyanga National Park

The National Park is the oldest in Zimbabwe, having started as Rhodes Inyanga Estate, а...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Manicaland

The British South Africa Company – establishing an administration in the early days of the occupation of Mashonaland

IntroductionThe core of this article is a paper by Honest Elias Koke entitled Unfulfilled Promises...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Zimbabwe’s political leadership belongs to the old order; it’s time they were replaced by new leaders like Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema

IntroductionIn 2025 Maia Sandu, Moldova’s President was nominated The Telegraph’s World...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Pit Structures

The number of pit structures that have been found is estimated to number into many hundreds. They...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Matusadona National Park; African Parks in partnership with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (PWMA)

Most of the information in this article is taken from African Parks 2023 Annual Report in an effort...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

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

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.