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

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Forbes’ retreat down the Shangani river in December 1893

For background information on the incidents leading up to this event read the article James Dawson...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

A look at present-day Marula, between Bulawayo and Plumtree

Marula owes its existence to the railway line. Early locomotives were steam powered and coal...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland South

Troutbeck Inn

To many Zimbabweans the fireplace in the entrance hall that has been burning continuously since...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria)

Masvingo is Zimbabwe's oldest town; the Pioneer Column left from Tuli in the far south of...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

Matopos Railway Terminus

The terminus, now in a very dilapidated state, is on the old rail route into the Matobo Hills. By...

Category:

Building

Province:

Matabeleland South

Chief Tendai Mutasa's Indaba Tree, Penhalonga

Under this tree on what is called Sabi Ophir Hill, Machera we Hondo [Cloth of War] Chief of...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

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.