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The search for Willie Hartley’s grave

EE Burke was the first to try and trace the gravesite of Willie Hartley, who he says died to the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Article – When Bulawayo was young

This article comprises items in brief from early newspapers included in the Occupation of...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

An Avenue of Kapok Trees outside Shamva

Just outside Shamva, on Rutherdale Estate, which borders Maxton Estate, on the east side of the A13...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe in photographs - 2025

The Great Enclosure and Valley Complex as seen from the Hill ComplexSummers reveals...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Arcturus Mine murders and payroll robbery in 1978

It was 30th April 1978 and Mr. Fadness, the Arcturus mine manager and Mr. Baker, the mine secretary...

Category:

Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

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

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.