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

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Umfurudzi Park

Animal Species: Elephant, Eland, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, leopard, hippo, Nile crocodile, kudu,...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Bvumba National Botanical Gardens (formerly Manchester Gardens)

Manchester Farm, situated in the Vumba Mountains, was bought in 1926 by the late Mr. F.J....

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

What is the Chinese Motivation in Zimbabwe?

Introduction – why is Eddie Cross’s article so relevant?The article below by Eddie...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Harare

The 1880 journey of Rev Father Augustus Henry Law S.J. and others to Mzila’s kraal in south-eastern Zimbabwe

AcknowledgementsThe Zambesi Mission itself is comprehensively covered in the book Journey to...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Some History on Chief Sileya (Shona: Chireya) and the Vashangwe community in the Sebungwe district

This article is composed from a number of articles in NADA (The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Hot Springs

The Rupisi Hot Springs are at the headwaters of the Rupisi River, about twenty miles in a...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Manicaland

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.