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Rhodes Nyanga Hotel

The Rhodes Nyanga Hotel has 24 rooms, the 8 rooms in the old original block of rooms all have...

Category:

Building

Province:

Manicaland

Fort Haynes and the fight at Chief Chingaira Makoni’s Kraal

In June 1896 the Mashona Rebellion or First Chimurenga broke out.Four companies of mounted infantry...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Hope Fountain Mission

Background and establishment of the first Mission station at Inyati (now Inyathi)The Rev. Robert...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

Which Zimbabwean individuals and companies have been sanctioned by the USA / UK?

BackgroundIn a recent survey by Afrobarometer[i] which examined Zimbabwean citizens’...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Old Fort Hartley and the Cemetery at Hartley Hills goldfield

Below is a general map at 1:250,000 scale showing the principal places of interest referred to in...

Category:

Ruins, Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Travel by Ox-wagon in the 1890’s – Lt-Col H. Vaughn-Williams recollections after 57 years

BackgroundLieutenant-Colonel H. Vaughn-Williams (the author, who I shall call ‘H’...

Category:

Historic

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.