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

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James Dawson’s account of finding the remains of Allan Wilson and his patrol

The final stages of the 1893 occupation of MatabelelandOn 29 October 1893 King Lobengula sent a...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Chirinda Forest and the Big Tree

Local communities call this patch of forest Tshirinda or 'Refuge', and within its embrace...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese

First – a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Chiremba / Epworth Balancing Rocks

Although the Chiremba / Epworth balancing rocks are not as extensive as Domboshava, or Ngomakurira...

Category:

Scenic, Geological, Rock Art

Province:

Harare

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

Mary Blackwood Lewis’s letters on her journey to Mashonaland from Beira 1897-1901

Letter from Beira dated October 15th 1897The most amazing thing happened the other day. I am with...

Category:

Historic

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.