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The story of a nurse and authoress travelling on the Selous Road through Mashonaland in 1896 during the Mashona Rebellion or First Chimurenga

BackgroundThe title of the book relates to two of the most dramatic events in Southern Africa. The...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Chinese mining companies are causing turmoil in the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area

Where is the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area?Ask most Zimbabweans if they ever heard of the Mavuradonha...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Chikupo Rock Art Shelter – the Central Cave

The Central cave to the west has a long line of animals painted across it with over 30 images...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Pilot Officer William (Bill) B Thomson – one of many aircrew who were part of the Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) and trained at Bulawayo to fly as Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR)

This article is a tribute to William Thomson and celebrates his connection and all those who served...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Rickshaws and rail-trolleys at Victoria Falls

In 1874 Edwin Arnold, an editor with the London Daily Telegraph, had coined the phrase...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Witches and Witchcraft

By Ignatius M. ZvarevasheThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

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.