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

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A rainmaking ceremony and the burial of a Chief

By Sydney NyatsanzaThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Zvipadze Monument (formerly known as Harleigh Farm Ruin)

The San rock art paintings nearby are underneath an overhang that looks like a giant granite...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Marange Diamonds – Zimbabwe’s natural resource stolen from the nation

AcknowledgmentsMuch of the basic content of this article owes its origin and details to the work...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Manicaland

Rebellion days in Bulawayo: When the Matabele rose in 1896

This short article, chiefly useful for the photographs, appeared in the publication of the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Bulawayo rejects proposal for abattoir to export donkey-skins to China

IntroductionProposed plans for a donkey abattoir in Bulawayo have been turned down to the relief of...

Category:

Other

Province:

Bulawayo

Jack Parsonson – War ace and one of Mashonaland Country District’s most colourful characters

Original draft by Doug McClymontJack Parsonson was shot down three times - first, by Afrika Corps...

Category:

Historic

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.