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Saving the Pangolin from the Wildlife trade where they are being increasingly trafficked

Pangolins are the most endangered mammal that you have never heard of. There are eight species of...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Battle of Bembesi (called Egodade by the amaNdebele) on the 1 November 1893

Following the Battle of Shangani River (called Bonko by the amaNdebele) on 25th October, the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

The Old Umtali Pioneer's Cemetery and the strange story of the death of Monty Bowden

Background This article is from several sources. The first resulted from a visit to the Old Umtali...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Vasco Fernandes Homem and the search for the Mutapa state’s fabled gold mines 1574-5

SourcesMuch of the detailed information used here and in the article on Francisco Barreto is taken...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Chisvingo and Nhunguza monuments, Masembura Communal Lands

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

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Mashonaland Central

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

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.