Zimbabwe Field Guide

Mashonaland West

60 sites

Historic

Angwa (Ongoe) – Afro-Portuguese Feira sites in Mashonaland West

Mashonaland West

Other

Blackwater Fever

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Cattle are our Bank

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Chengeta Safari Lodge and Pamuzinda Safari Lodge

Mashonaland West

Geological

Chewore Fossil forest Site

Mashonaland West

Geological

Chewore Safari Area Dinosaur footprint Sites

Mashonaland West

Historic

Chief Chinengundu Mashayamombe’s stronghold, Fort Martin and Cemetery

Mashonaland West

Geological

Chinhoyi Caves Recreational Park

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Chirundu

Mashonaland West

Historic

Dr Arthur H. Newnham’s personal account of the siege at Hartley Hill fort from 16 June to their relief by Capt White’s column on 22 July 1896

Mashonaland West

Historic

Early European visitors to Hartley Hills goldfield

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Ernest Hamilton South, the pioneer farmer who imported the 1903 Ivel tractor, now at the Mutare Museum, into Southern Rhodesia

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Examining the background of Poachers

Mashonaland West

Historic

First Baronet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Norton-Griffiths, KCB, DSO – the Great War engineer whose mine explosions at Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917 were heard 240 kms away in London

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Gore was a greedy man

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Hurungwe and Charara Safari Areas

Mashonaland West

Historic

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

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Kadoma (formerly Gatooma) Steam Centre

Mashonaland West

Building

Kariba Dam construction

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Kariba Houseboat charters– something for everyone

Mashonaland West

Rock Art

Kentucky Farm Rock Art Site

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Lake Kariba

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Lake Kariba Recreational Park

Mashonaland West

Historic

Lord Randolph Churchill’s visit to Rhodesia in 1891

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Mana Pools National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Natural Site

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Mana Pools update on the severe drought conditions in Zimbabwe killing elephant and wildlife

Mashonaland West

Historic

Maramuca, a Portuguese Feira dating from 1660 - 1680

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Matusadona National Park; African Parks in partnership with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (PWMA)

Mashonaland West

Scenic

Matusadonha National Park

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Notorious kingpin of a Malawi wildlife crime syndicate, Yunhua Lin is jailed for 14 years

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Nyaminyami, the Zambezi River God

Mashonaland West

Cultural

O.C. Rawson (1874 – 1953) of Darwendale

Mashonaland West

Ruins

Old Fort Hartley and the Cemetery at Hartley Hills goldfield

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Operation Noah Memorial

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Painted Wolf; How did one of Zimbabwe’s most endangered wildlife species acquire so many names?

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Santa Barbara Chapel, Kariba

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Sapi, Chewore, Dande and Doma Safari Areas

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Shona Religion

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Strategies for minimising human – elephant conflict in Zimbabwe

Mashonaland West

Historic

The Hunter’s Road - followed on maps

Mashonaland West

Other

The Restaurant that never took off

Mashonaland West

Historic

The Victoria Cross (VC) medal recipients connected with this country

Mashonaland West

Game Park

The Zambezi Society

Mashonaland West

Geological

The development of the Mineral industry

Mashonaland West

Historic

The search for Willie Hartley’s grave

Mashonaland West

Historic

The story behind Derick Hoste who died of blackwater fever at Hartley Hills in 1893

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines and the Hartley Hills goldfield

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to Mashonaland in 1869 that resulted in a mineral concession granted by Lobengula and the first mining claim at Hartley Hills - Part 1

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to Mashonaland in 1870 after Lobengula granted a verbal mineral concession and the first mining claim at Hartley Hills - Part 2

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to Matabeleland in 1871 to obtain a written mineral concession from Lobengula and his return through the Limpopo Valley - Part 3

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to present-day Mashonaland in 1869 / 70 – background and travel by ox-wagon to Tati

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to present-day Mashonaland in 1869/70: His first journey described in his diaries from Tati on 4 June 1869 until the 15 February 1870 (Vol 1)

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to present-day Mashonaland: His first journey described from 16 February 1870 to 9 January 1871 (Vol 2)

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines journey to present-day Mashonaland: His second journey described from 16 May to 30 October 1871 (Vol 3)

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Baines watercolours and sketches from the Natural History Museum (London) with the relevant text from The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines (1869-1872) edited by J.P.R. Wallis - Part 4

Mashonaland West

Historic

Thomas Leask (1839 – 1912) and “my last hunt” to Hartley Hills in 1870

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Thomas Leask’s elephant hunting trip to Matabeleland and Mashonaland in 1866 from his diary

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Update on Matusadonha National Park

Mashonaland West

Cultural

Wildfires: Zimbabwe’s scourge

Mashonaland West

Game Park

Zimbabwe’s Game Rangers on the front-line of the fight against the illegal wildlife trade and poaching

Mashonaland West