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

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Zimbabwe on World Elephant Day 12 August 2021

Today we are reminded that conflict between people and wild animals is one of the main threats to...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland North

Bambata Cave - rock art paintings

Description of the archaeological excavations at Bambata CaveBambata cave was first explored in...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

Early traveller’s impressions of Gubulawayo

A map of the approximate positions of the amaNdebele royal kraals of Kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

Great Zimbabwe, a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Site

Great Zimbabwe is undoubtedly sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and most imposing early dry-stone...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Masvingo

Lalapanzi

Lalapanzi is a small village in the Midland province in Zimbabwe. It straddles...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Midlands

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo

The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe came into being in 1901 as the Rhodesian Museum before being...

Category:

Cultural, Geological, Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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.