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

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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

Bunga Forest Botanical Reserve

The Bvumba, or Vumba as it was known (The word means “mist” in the local...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

The Jameson Raid

IntroductionThe Jameson Raid caused enormous interest and controversy at the time and arguably was...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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

Luanze Earthworks and Church

Luanze was the site of an important trading fair, called a feira, which was established in the 1580...

Category:

Ruins, Historic, Building

Province:

Mashonaland East

How did Zimbabwe’s economy get so bad?

On the 18 April 1980 Zimbabwe gained independence. At that time the country had a strong...

Category:

Other

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.