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

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Henry Borrow, after whom Borrowdale is named

AcknowledgementsA number of authors have used Henry Borrow’s letters in the past with...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Old Umtali – the second site

The name "Umtali" is derived from the African word “Mutare" meaning”...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Sebakwe Recreational Park

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

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Midlands

Fort Harding, Chief Chikwakwa and Headman Gondo’s kraals and Warrendale Farm Police Camp

In Mashonaland the Uprising / First Chimurenga which broke out in June some three months...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Troutbeck Inn

To many Zimbabweans the fireplace in the entrance hall that has been burning continuously since...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Umfurudzi Safari Park

Animal Species: Elephant, Eland, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, leopard, hippo, Nile crocodile, kudu,...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

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.