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Veterans of the 1893 Occupation of Matabeleland

Much of the material included in this article is taken from a presentation copy of Occupation of...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

La Rochelle Country House and Spa, a National Trust of Zimbabwe property

During World War I Stephen Courtauld was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the...

Category:

Other

Province:

Manicaland

Fort Usher No. 3

William Filmer (his mother’s maiden name) Usher was born on 16 September 1851 and baptised at...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Sapi, Chewore, Dande and Doma Safari Areas

These hunting areas are all to the east and south east of Mana Pools National Park, but they do...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

Bulawayo’s 40th Anniversary in 1933 celebrating the 1893 occupation of Matabeleland

This was commemorated with the publication of the Occupation of Matabeleland: A Souvenir and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Examining the background of Poachers

This article takes its inspiration from a report by Sadé Moneron, Adam Armstrong and David Newton...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.