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The Railway comes to Bulawayo – the town’s festivities in November 1897

The railway reached Bulawayo at about 3pm on the afternoon of Tuesday 19 October 1897. On that...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

The National Archives

The displays in the Upstairs Gallery cover a number of topics relevant to Zimbabwe’s history...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Dengeni Cave

The most unusual feature of the shelter is a red and white painted line that emerges from a natural...

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Rock Art

Province:

Masvingo

The death of Frederick Courteney Selous (31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917)

IntroductionThis article concentrates on the end of Selous’ life. Two names on the Great War...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Chimanimani National Park

Although the entire mountain range of about 50 kilometres is called the Chimanimani, the name...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Manicaland

Travelling by coach in 1890 by Major A.G. Leonard

Arthur Leonard commanded “E” Troop of the BSA Company Police which was stationed at...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

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.