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

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Ranche House (1899) - Ken and Lillian Mew

The large stand of over 5 hectares on the western side of the kopje given to Johnson, Heany and...

Category:

Cultural, Building

Province:

Harare

Some important Shona customs and ceremonies

By Peter SangoThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the best...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Ngezi Recreational Park

If you need a weekend’s break in the country where you can hear the hippos snorting in the...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Midlands

Santa Barbara Chapel, Kariba

The little Chapel of Santa Barbara is situated at the top of the hill known as Kariba Heights and...

Category:

Cultural, Building

Province:

Mashonaland West

Zinjanja Monument (formerly Regina Ruins)

Dr. Hans Sauer in Ex Africa published by Geoffrey Bles in 1937 and reprinted by Books of Rhodesia...

Category:

Ruins, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Troutbeck Inn

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

Category:

Scenic

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.