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

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Bambata Cave - rock art paintings

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

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

How the Ox-Wagon and transport-rider opened up this country

So quickly did land transport develop – the railway reaching Bulawayo in 1897 and Salisbury...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Extracts from Frank Oates’ ox-wagon journey in 1873 from Tati to Gubulawayo

Extracts from Frank Oates’ ox-wagon journey in 1873 from Tati to GubulawayoFrank Oates (1840...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Traditional Leaders in Zimbabwe are still seen as influential, but in all provinces citizens overwhelmingly want them to stay out of politics

Background: Masvingo High Court rules that traditional leaders should stay out of partisan...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The British South Africa Company

IntroductionThis article explores the preliminary manoeuvres prior to the formation of the British...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

The Restaurant that never took off

Viscount C/N 436 V.816 seriesDateNo. Sep-59VH-TVSfirst flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth...

Category:

Other

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.