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Thomas Leask (1839 – 1912) and “my last hunt” to Hartley Hills in 1870

Background For biographical details see the article Thomas Leask’s Life and Diaries...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

George Westbeech and the road to Pandamatenga

IntroductionThis article is about two subjects; George Westbeech and the road which he built and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Cyrene Mission

In 1939 Canon Edward Paterson, an Anglican priest born in Scotland but raised in Johannesburg, was...

Category:

Cultural, Building

Province:

Matabeleland South

Chisvingo and Nhunguza monuments, Masembura Communal Lands

Chisvingo Ruins are located in the Masembura Communal Lands in Mashonaland. The name comes from the...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Chirinda Forest and the Big Tree

Local communities call this patch of forest Tshirinda or 'Refuge', and within its embrace...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Arcturus Mine murders and payroll robbery in 1978

It was 30th April 1978 and Mr. Fadness, the Arcturus mine manager and Mr. Baker, the mine secretary...

Category:

Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

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.