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

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Gweru Memorial (Matabele uprising, or First Umvukela, 1896)

List of Victims named on the Gweru MemorialNamesDate of DeathDetailsMilitary ...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Midlands

Thomas Leask’s two journeys to the Zambezi in 1868 and 1869

Background For biographical details see the article Thomas Leask’s Life and Diaries...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

The Pioneer Column’s march detailed on maps

Of the men who made up the Pioneer Column Adrian Darter writes: “The Pioneers were men who...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Danangombe Monument (formerly Dhlo-Dhlo Ruins)

DescriptionThe main building is made up of two large platforms, the western one covering 900 square...

Category:

Ruins, Cultural, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Painted Wolf; How did one of Zimbabwe’s most endangered wildlife species acquire so many names?

They have so many names: African hunting dog, African wild dog, Cape hunting dog, hyena dog, ornate...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

The Story of the Pioneer Press: Progress by Rhodesian Newspapers

This article is taken from the Rhodes Centenary Supplement published by the Chronicle in Bulawayo...

Category:

Cultural

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.