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

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Sebakwe Recreational Park

Sebakwe Recreational Park is situated in the Midlands of Zimbabwe and is easily accessed by...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Midlands

Trek Memorial, Chimanimani (formerly Melsetter)

The original village of Chimanimani was founded by Thomas Moodie in 1892, but in 1895 it moved...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Operation Noah Memorial

Few outside of conservation circles know the name Rupert Fothergill today, or remember the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland West

John Bradburne – the former warden at Mutemwa Leprosy and Care Centre, a candidate for Sainthood?

Born on 14 June 1921 in Cumbria, England, his father was an Anglican clergyman. When World War...

Category:

Cultural, Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

Matopos Railway Terminus

The terminus, now in a very dilapidated state, is on the old rail route into the Matobo Hills. By...

Category:

Building

Province:

Matabeleland South

The Mutapa (Mwenemutapa, Monomotapa) State in its heyday c.1480 – c.1623

IntroductionThe article The Rise of the Mutapa State and the early arrival of the Portuguese c.1450...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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.