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Travel by Ox-wagon in the 1890’s – Lt-Col H. Vaughn-Williams recollections after 57 years

BackgroundLieutenant-Colonel H. Vaughn-Williams (the author, who I shall call ‘H’...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in protected species 2020 - Overview

Background This website has highlighted the plight of Chinese farmed wildlife in previous articles...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

The Hanging Tree

Lyn Mullin writes that the hanging tree is an average-sized specimen of a false Marula, or Lannea...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Minerals found in Zimbabwe and verified deposits

Zimbabwe is blessed with rich mineral resource with every one of its districts having one or more...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Midlands

The old Transport Road

Stanley Portal Hyatt came to Rhodesia on the Great northern Road when railhead was at Palapye...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Edward Carey Tyndale-Biscoe who raised the flag at Salisbury, now Harare on 13 September 1890

A summary of his remarkable careerOn 10 December 2014 an important set of medals awarded to...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

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.