Places

Reference articles, profiles and guides about Zimbabwe. 211 articles

• Gambarimwe CaveTop left is the largest camp scene with a many couples accompanied by children, their bags and weapons by their sides and hunters at the edges of the scene. Five circles of stippling are associated wi...Places4 January 2018
• Harleigh Ruins (now Zvipadze Monument)Location: The Harleigh Ruins now renamed Zvipadze Monument are 14km from Rusape on the Silver Bow Road, on the former Harleigh Tobacco Farm. They are two ancient ruins within 500 metres of each other....Places31 December 2017
• National Railway MuseumThe museum consists of many obsolete steam locomotives, rolling stock and station buildings, with a variety of other exhibits dating to the earliest days of railway history in Zimbabwe. The museum is....Places12 December 2017
• Boiling Pot (Victoria Falls)The Boiling Pot is the launching site of the white water rafting trips. It can be accessed from the Zimbabwean or Zambian side below the bridge. The experience of the Falls from the gorge is awesome i...Places11 December 2017
• Shangani Battle Field MemorialFollowing King Lobengula’s flight from his capital Bulawayo a month before, Allan Wilson and 33 of his men went after the king. He led the Shangani Patrol in search of King Lobengula and, on 4 Decembe...Places8 December 2017
• CITY OF BULAWAYOSituated in the heart of Matabeleland, in the South Western part of the country, Bulawayo is mostly inhabited by the Ndebele ethnic people most of whom can trace their origins to the migrations of Mzi...Places6 December 2017
• Domboshawa cave and hillHow to get here: Leave Harare on the Borrowdale Road, distances are from Borrowdale police station, 13.4 KM the road crosses a grid and enters the Chinamora Communal Lands, 16.3 KM turn right at the s...Places5 December 2017
• East African HighlandsThe Eastern or ‘East African Highlands’ is a mountain range in the eastern border regions of Zimbabwe and one of four distinct physiographic divisions on the African continent. It extends for about 30...Places27 November 2017
• Kuimbi ShiriEstablished over 20 years ago Kuimba Shiri Bird Park is the only bird park in Zimbabwe and is home to orphaned, injured and abandoned birds. The bird park was founded by owner and falconer, Gary Staff...Places27 November 2017
• Chipangali Wildlife OrphanageLocation: The wildlife orphanage is situated 23 kilometres from Bulawayo along the main Bulawayo/Gwanda road. Description and Background: Chipangali is a haven for wild animals which have little hope....Places23 November 2017
• Matendera ruinsThe Matendera Ruins are a replica of the Zimbabwe Ruins with an extensive and impressive horse-shoe shaped enclosure located on a low lying dwala south of Buhera. The site is the biggest in the distri...Places13 November 2017
• KhamiKhami was once the capital of the Kingdom of Butua of the Torwa dynasty. It is now a national monument, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. Khami, which developed after the capital of Gre...Places7 November 2017
• Beitbridge TownBeitbridge is situated on the border of Zimbabwe and South Africa, spanning the Limpopo River, and is the capital of Matebeleland South province. It is a port of entry and immigration post, handling m...Places7 November 2017
• GweruHistory The modern town was founded in 1894, initially, as a military outpost. The first bank opened in Gweru in 1896, and the stock exchange, opened shortly after, in 1898. The railway, which has bee...Places2 November 2017
• Victoria Falls AirportThe Victoria Falls Airport is situated 21 kilometres South of the Victoria Falls Town in the middle of a Forest Area. It provides direct access to the Seventh Natural Wonder of the World and Heritage....Places2 November 2017
• Mount NyanganiMount Nyangani (formerly Mount Inyangani) is the highest mountain in Zimbabwe at 2,592 m. The mountain is located within Nyanga National Park in Nyanga District, is about 275 km north west Mutare. The...Places1 November 2017
• Zambezi EscarpmentThey are fault scarps, rising 500 to 600 m higher than the lake or river, running from the Batoka Gorge roughly 800 km to the lower Zambezi, and facing each other about 50 to 100 km apart, closer in t...Places28 October 2017
• Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo MuseumBackground: Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Museum is a gallery set up in honour and to tell the story of one of the country’s illustrious liberation war icons, the late former Vice-President Dr. Joshua Nkomo. T...Places25 October 2017
• Mana Pools National ParkMana Pools National Park is synonymous with the Zambezi River, elephants, lions, remoteness and wilderness. This unique park is a World Heritage Site, based on its wildness and beauty, together with t...Places24 October 2017
• Matopo HillsThe hills are located in Matopo National Park 30 kilometers south of Bulawayo, the second largest city in Zimbabwe. They cover an area of about 3100 km², of which 424 km² is National Park, the remaind...Places16 October 2017
• Victoria Falls BridgeThe bridge crosses the Zambezi River just below the Victoria Falls and is built over the Second Gorge of the falls. As the river is the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the bridge links the two cou...Places11 October 2017
• Mana Pools camping: Important things to notePrior booking is a must It is essential to pre-book accommodation and camping with ZimParks prior to your trip. It is essential to pre-book accommodation and camping with ZimParks prior to your trip.....Places7 October 2017
• Chinhoyi Caves Recreational ParkDescription: Historically, the first white man believed to have discovered the Caves was Frederick Selous, the famous European hunter, during his wanderings in 1887 It was believed that prior to that....Places2 October 2017
• Matusadona National ParkThe national park became a Game Reserve in 1963, and in 1975, in terms of the Parks & Wildlife Act, it became a National Park. The Park comprises some 1 400 square kilometers of diverse flora and faun...Places30 September 2017