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Photo: Matobo Hills — Susan Adams · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Zimbabwe at a glance

Zimbabwe is a country in Eastern Africa; its capital is Harare. People mainly speak Shona, English and North Ndebele. The currency is the Zimbabwean Gold (ZWG). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 5 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Harare
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
Shona, English, North Ndebele
Currency
Zimbabwean Gold (ZWG)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Zimbabwe’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

Places to see in Zimbabwe

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Victoria Falls

    Victoria FallsUNESCO

    Devil's Cataract

    Waterfall · Matabeleland North Province

    Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft). The region around it has a high degree of biodiversity in both plants and animals.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Great Zimbabwe

    Great ZimbabweUNESCO

    City · Masvingo Province

    Great Zimbabwe was a city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Masvingo. It was settled from around 1000 AD, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe from the 13th century. It is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Great-Zimbabwe-6.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Mana Pools National Park

    Mana Pools National ParkUNESCO

    Park & nature · Mashonaland West Province

    Mana Pools National Park is a 2,196-square-kilometre (848 sq mi) wildlife conservation area and national park in northern Zimbabwe. It is a region of the lower Zambezi in Zimbabwe where the floodplain turns into a broad expanse of lakes after each rainy season.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: ZmbziRvr.jpg (Public domain). Map

  • Khami

    KhamiUNESCO

    Khami Ruins (World Heritage Site)

    Town · Bulawayo Province

    Khami is a ruined city located 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It 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.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: David Randall-MacIver (Public domain). Map

  • Matobo National Park

    Matobo National ParkUNESCO

    Park & nature · Matabeleland South Province

    The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Macvivo at English Wikipedia (Original text: Samwise Gamgee) (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Harare

    Harare

    City · Harare Province

    Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Radozw at Serbian Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Bulawayo

    Bulawayo

    City · Bulawayo Province

    Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about 1.2 million.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Prince Phumulani Nyoni (Public domain). Map

  • Hwange National Park

    Hwange National Park

    Park & nature

    Hwange National Park, formerly Wankie Game Reserve is the largest protected area in Zimbabwe, with about 14,600 km2 (5,600 sq mi) in size. It was founded in 1928 and lies in the northwest of the country, between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. The nearest town is Dete.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: JackyR (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Mount Nyangani

    Mount Nyangani

    Mountain · Manicaland Province

    Mount Nyangani is the highest mountain in Zimbabwe at 2,592 metres or 8,504 feet. The mountain is located within Nyanga National Park in Nyanga District, about 110 km (68 mi) north-northeast of Mutare.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Babakathy at English Wikipedia (Public domain). Map

  • Mutarazi Falls

    Mutarazi Falls

    Waterfall · Manicaland Province

    Mutarazi Falls is a waterfall in Mutasa District in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. It is located in the 2,495 hectare Mutarazi National Park adjacent to the southern border of the Nyanga National Park.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bart Wursten (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Gonarezhou National Park

    Gonarezhou National Park

    Park & nature · Masvingo Province

    Gonarezhou National Park is a national park located in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is situated in a relatively remote corner of Masvingo Province, south of Chimanimani along the Mozambique border.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ralf Ellerich (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Zambezi National Park

    Zambezi National Park

    Park & nature · Matabeleland North Province

    Zambezi National Park is a national park in Zimbabwe located upstream from Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River. It was split off from Victoria Falls National Park in 1979 and is 56,000 hectares in size.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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