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

Dan Judson and the Africa Transcontinental Telegraph Co

In the article on the Mazowe Patrol, under Mashonaland Central, I have noted that Dan Judson, the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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

Lake Chivero Recreational Park

Lake Chivero (previously Lake Mcllwaine) Recreational Park is about 6,100 hectares in extent,...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Harare

The Bent’s archaeological expedition to Great Zimbabwe in 1891 and the prominent part played by Mabel Bent

SourceMuch of the information in this article comes from the very comprehensive website Theodore...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

When is the sickening trade in Lions going to be banned?

IntroductionMost of the information for this article comes from four articles in the Daily Maverick...

Category:

Cultural

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.