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The story of a Trooper’s experiences in the Imperial Yeomanry and Rhodesia Field Force during the second Boer War 1899 - 1902

Boer War disasters for the British Army resulted in the formation of the Imperial YeomanryThe...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Chinese mining companies are causing turmoil in the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area

Where is the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area?Ask most Zimbabweans if they ever heard of the Mavuradonha...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The build-up to the 1893 Matabele War

This article forms one of a series of six articles covering the 1893 Matabele War. It begins with...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Kadoma (formerly Gatooma) Steam Centre

I would like to dedicate this article to the Rev Edward D. Hamer, who sadly died in 2012, and whose...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Ranche House (1899) - Ken and Lillian Mew

The large stand of over 5 hectares on the western side of the kopje given to Johnson, Heany and...

Category:

Cultural, Building

Province:

Harare

Mutare National Gallery of Zimbabwe at Kopje House

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Mutare was opened in 1999 at Kopje House, a...

Category:

Cultural

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.