Zimbabwe Sight Seeing

Chimanimani National Park
Situated to the south of Zimbabwe, is this National park, with its 2,240m high peaks which form a natural border with Mozambique. The only way into the Park is straight up. The landscape is quite different from its sister ranges at Nyanga and the Bvumba. Here, Protea bushes lead to sandstone sculptured caves and crystal river pools.

Great Zimbabwe Ruins
The largest ancient man-made stone structures in Africa south of the Egyptian Pyramids are the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, situated just 30 Km south east of Masvingo. At its peak in the 15th century some 20,000 people lived in the medieval city, when the Shona dominated eastern Zimbabwe into neighboring Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa. Today all that remains are stacked granite stones and winding corridors. The elliptical Great Enclosure, nearly 100 yards across, is testament to the architectural prowess of this civilization lost to time.

Mana Pools
Mana Pools, one of southern Africa's top walking Safaris, is situated on the southern bank of the Zambezi River and a world heritage site. This portion of the Zambezi Valley is a true wilderness area with one of the highest dry-season concentrations of animals in Zimbabwe. Canoeing along the Zambezi is a specialty of the area and is a 'real ride on the wild side' when tackling the strong currents. The Zambezi is a life force supporting great numbers of hippos and huge crocodiles. Many people come here to fish for tiger fish, perch, bream and catfish. The succulent floodplains are sometimes over a mile wide and are constantly grazed by elephants, buffaloes, waterbuck and other wild animals, including a variety of bird life.

Malilangwe Private Wildlife Preserve
Malilangwe Private Wildlife Reserve is more than a unique piece of our global wilderness heritage. It is a source of livelihood for all the people who live in the region. Malilangwe, meaning "Call of the Leopard", is a 100,000 acre private reserve containing Africa's big "Five". The trustees undertook a mission from the very start, to try and give protection to endangered and rare species so that they may reproduce in their natural habitat. Along with the Big Five, Malilangwe also has their Little Six; six species of small beautiful antelope - klipspringer, Sharpe's grysbok, grey duiker, steenbok, rare Livingstone's suni and oribi. Malilangwe is a haven for birds with over 400 species and one of the highest concentrations of large breeding eagles in the world. The lakes contain some true trophy-sized bass and keen anglers may try their hand to catch them.

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