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Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa (Part 4 of 5 - From Palapye, formerly Palachwe, to Massi-Kessi, now Manica)

30 March 1892. We reached Palachwe, present-day Palapye, the main town of the Mangwato (referred to...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Madzimudzangara Cave

The paintings are so thickly painted it is quite difficult to disentangle them. Unfortunately...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

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

The 1903 Ivel Agricultural Motor No 141 in the Mutare Museum; one of only seven that still exist today

Author Photo courtesy of the Mutare Museum: 1903 Ivel Agricultural Motor No 141.Why is the Ivel...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Mutare National Gallery of Zimbabwe at Kopje House

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Mutare was opened in 1999 at Kopje House, a...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Avondale Flea Market

The Avondale flea market is open seven days a week unlike its main rival the market at Sam Levy...

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.