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

Explore by Province

Featured Sites

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

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

Category:

Cultural, Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

Italian Chapel of St Francis of Assisi

The Italian Church reminds us of a very little known episode in the history of Zimbabwe when...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Bvumba National Botanical Gardens (formerly Manchester Gardens)

Manchester Farm, situated in the Vumba Mountains, was bought in 1926 by the late Mr. F.J....

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Chisvingo Ruins

Chisvingo Ruins are located in the Masembura Communal Lands in Mashonaland. The name comes from the...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The June 1896 Mazoe Patrol skirmish with detailed accounts from those besieged and their Mashona attackers

GPS LocationsAlice Mine laager 17°30´44"S 30°57´33"EFort Mazoe 17...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Lake Mutirikwi (formerly Lake Kyle) and the Dam Wall

The dam was constructed in 1960, the same year the Recreational Park was established. The primary...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Masvingo

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.