by Sarah Todd It could also be considered one of Zimbabwe’s best kept secrets. Situated sixty kilometers from Harare near Juru Growth Point on the Murehwa road, The Village Place Resort is a family business, started by Colin and Sandra Chimutsa seventeen years ago. Sandra has a passion for hospitality and tourism; she and Colin […]
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Article by Debbie SwalesThere is a certain sensation when free-wheeling at high speed down a steep dwala – a massive lichen-laden, granite whaleback mountain, with the wind whistling in your ears and the narrow footpath, barely discernible in front of you, despite having been hewn into the rock by ten thousand feet and more. That
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It was on a hot sunny afternoon when we started touring Great Zimbabwe. Before embarking on the tour, we were given a guide who took the time to explain the route we were going to use, what was acceptable during the tour and the areas of the ruins we would see. He told us that
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by Christabelle Peech Everyone is preparing for the dry season ahead. We believe the rains have finished, although the rainfall was reasonable and Hwange is looking good, we know difficult times lie ahead. There are excellent people in Hwange who are devoted to conservation and assisting in protecting our natural habitat. National Parks do an
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by Bryony Rheam he great Ndebele King, Mzilikazi, is buried within the hills to which he gave the name Matobo, meaning ‘bald heads’. According with Ndebele custom, Mzilikazi’s embalmed body was ‘buried’ in a sitting position in the rock of a cave, ready for battle even in death. It was Rhodes’ sighting of the body
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A Place of Elephants by Sarah Todd Covering an area of more than 5,000 square kilometres, Gonarezhou National Park, located in the south east of Zimbabwe, is our country’s second largest national park. Together with Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park and South Africa’s Kruger National Park Gonarezhou comprises one third of Southern Africa’s Great Limpopo Transfrontier
A couple of Sundays ago I made a last minute decision to drive down to Bulawayo to see my younger brother. I had not realised that the ZITF (Trade Fair) was being held that week resulting in all of the decent available accommodation being pre-booked. I ended up staying in the owners cottage behind my
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There are numerous different types of travel destination with many people out there that believe the ultimate holiday must be spent in a luxury 5 star hotel with all the modcons: 24 hour Soccer on Glaring TVs; Air conditioning; Fast Internet Connection; and, constant cell phone signal. There is certainly a time and a place
When our 3 kids were young, Mr and Mrs Mike G used every available opportunity to show our brood as much of Zimbabwe as we could. The budget for these sojourns was never very high so “Garden(s) Junior” were not introduced to any 5 star price culture. They were, instead, taken camping at Mana Pools;
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In days gone by I would travel up to Leopard Rock at least once or twice a year either for an intense Chapman Golf Boys Only Weekend or for a quiet family weekend to savour some quiet Vumba mountain time. Over the years, however, things have changed and, with the introduction of our Nzira Travel
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