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

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Pit Structures

The number of pit structures that have been found is estimated to number into many hundreds. They...

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Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

Mumurgwe Hill, or Lion’s Head

On the southernmost boulder are four fish and a kudu cow in yellow, whose lower legs were once...

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Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Zombepata

Amongst the more conventional paintings of animals at Zombepata are numerous images of zebra...

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Scenic, Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Francisco Barreto’s military expedition up the Zambesi river in 1569 to conquer the gold mines of Mwenemutapa (Monomotapa)

The background to the military expedition J. Boxer writes that there was no doubt that in seeking...

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Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

George Westbeech and the road to Pandamatenga

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

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Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

Avondale and the story of Countess Billie

AvondaleEdward O’Connell Farrell (1850 – 1910)Edward O’Connell Farrell, a pioneer...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

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.