Zimbabwe Field Guide | Information on Historic, Cultural and Wildlife sites in Zimbabwe

Explore by Province

Featured Sites

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

Arcturus Mine murders and payroll robbery in 1978

It was 30th April 1978 and Mr. Fadness, the Arcturus mine manager and Mr. Baker, the mine secretary...

Category:

Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

Henry Hallam Dam (also called Harava Dam)

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Harare

Frederick “Freddy” Hugh Barber, hunter, trader, artist – visited the Victoria Falls in 1875 and Matabeleland in 1877

The narrative is taken from the book Zambezia and Matabeleland in the Seventies published in 1960...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Ox-wagons

Ox wagons were the only means of transporting bulk goods before the arrival of the railway into...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Update on Matusadonha National Park

Great news for Zimbabweans as conservation efforts aim to restore the wildlife at this National...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.