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The controversy in the early 20th Century over whether the stone structures in Zimbabwe were old and built by foreigners or comparatively recent and built by the Mashona

R.N. Hall’s thesis that both the stone structures and gold mines found throughout Rhodesia (...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Masvingo

Battle of Tshingengoma or Sikombo’s stronghold

This Google Earth view showing the line of advance of Plumer’s forces to the Tshingengoma...

Category:

Province:

Matabeleland South

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

Cattle: the life-blood of Shona Society

By Fidelis Bere-Chikara These stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Mort's Tree

With a height of 22 metres and crown spread of 24 metres in 1988, this magnificent tree must have...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Lake Chivero Rock Art

Crocodile RockTo the left of the of the two large crocodiles are a line of ten hunters drawn in...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Harare

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.