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The 1880 journey of Rev Father Augustus Henry Law S.J. and others to Mzila’s kraal in south-eastern Zimbabwe

AcknowledgementsThe Zambesi Mission itself is comprehensively covered in the book Journey to...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Harare’s Historic buildings – The Kopje Area

The Queen’s Hotel was opened on 31 December 1899 on the eve of the twentieth century and...

Category:

Building

Province:

Harare

Contemporary criticism of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) in 1889 – 90 from Henry Labouchère the editor of the journal Truth

IntroductionThis article is largely based on Eleanor Mabin’s thesis for an MA at Simon Fraser...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Mucheka Cave

(1) Outside the cave two hunters carry a pole whilst two others engage in a stylised fight which...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

The Jameson Raid

IntroductionThe Jameson Raid caused enormous interest and controversy at the time and arguably was...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Major Stabb’s hunting trip in 1875 to the Zambesi Valley via Gubulawayo

IntroductionHenry Stabb’s meticulously kept diary provides a wealth of information on the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

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.