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

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The Victoria Falls Zambesi River sketched on the spot by Thomas Baines F.R.G.S.

Publishers Introduction In this facsimile book, probably the finest edition produced by Books...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Murray MacDougall Drive

Murray McDougall travelled into Zimbabwe in 1906 exploring the Lowveld bush and hunting in the...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Masvingo

Ivon Fry’s reminiscences of Bulawayo and Lobengula in 1888 – 89

IntroductionIvon Fry’s reminiscences were written down by the Bulawayo Chronicle...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Chengeta Safari Lodge and Pamuzinda Safari Lodge

Chengeta has seven double-bedded and nine twin-bedded rooms, all ensuite which are grouped around...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

The June 1896 Mazoe Patrol skirmish with detailed accounts from those besieged and their Mashona attackers

GPS LocationsAlice Mine laager 17°30´44"S 30°57´33"EFort Mazoe 17...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Ranche House (1899) - Ken and Lillian Mew

The large stand of over 5 hectares on the western side of the kopje given to Johnson, Heany and...

Category:

Cultural, Building

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.