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Cross Kopje, Mutare

C.M. Hulley in his fascinating History of Manicaland states; “everyone has admired the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

Iron Mine Hill (Ntabasinsimbe) and the first casualty of the 1893 Matabele War

Situated some 58 kilometres from Gweru on the railway line to Masvingo is a remote siding called...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Midlands

The Zeederberg Coach Company and the first passenger services into the country

Doel Zeederberg used passenger coaches built by the Abbot Downing Company based in Concord, the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

‘Chimurenga’: The Shona Rising of 1896-7; a summary of David Beach’s article

This summary of David Beach’s article of the same name that was published in the Journal of...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Reminiscences of Percy Durban Crewe of Nantwich Ranch, Hwange

IntroductionThe notes below are from the handwritten reminiscences of Percy Crewe (1862 –...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

The Battle of Shangani (called Bonko by the amaNdebele) on 25 October 1893

The combined Columns cross the Shangani riverThe Salisbury and Fort Victoria Columns joined...

Category:

Historic

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.