Zimbabwe Field Guide | Information on Historic, Cultural and Wildlife sites in Zimbabwe

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Runde (formerly Lundi) River strip road

In 1900 there were no properly constructed roads in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and when travelling on...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Mort's Tree

With a height of 22 metres and crown spread of 24 metres in 1988, this magnificent tree must have...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Gubulawayo, or Old Bulawayo (1870 – 1881) and the Indaba Tree

Below is a time line of the sequence of events, particularly in relation to the sites of the king...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Esigodini (formerly Essexvale)

Esigodini is a village situated on the A6 National road to Beit Bridge and on the branch line from...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

Danangombe Monument (formerly Dhlo-Dhlo Ruins)

DescriptionThe main building is made up of two large platforms, the western one covering 900 square...

Category:

Ruins, Cultural, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Article – When Bulawayo was young

This article comprises items in brief from early newspapers included in the Occupation of...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

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.