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The Museum of Natural History, which
houses over 75 000 specimens, is the largest
museum in the southern hemisphere. It is the home
of the second largest mounted elephant in the
world. The displayed exhibits include wildlife,
bird, insects exhibits as well as historical and
mining displays. The Museum of Natural History is
also in the vicinity of The Centenary and Central
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Tshabalala Game Sanctuary: it is located eight kilometers
southeast of the Bulawayo City Centre. The Game
sanctuary has many lovely locations for picnics. Its
contains several walking and horseback trails.
Incidentally the Game Sanctuary is situated on the
former lands of Fairburn Usher, a British Sailor who
relocated to Bulawayo in the late 1800's, and married
one of the daughters of King Lobengula. Find out the background
of tshabalala game sanctuary here
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Chipangali wildlife Orphanage: it is located 23 kilometers
from the Bulawayo City Centre. Initially established as a
center for the ill and orphaned animals, the Orphanage
offers a close-up view of many species of the big cats and
a wide variety of birds.
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Khami Ruins: there are located 22
kilometers west of the Bulawayo City Centre, having the
status of being a Unesco World heritage Site, they
represent what used to be the capital of the Torwa
State in the 17th and 18th centuries. Khami is made up
of beautifully decorated massive granite walls connected
by a series of terraces and passages around the multiplex.
Take a virtual tour of
Khami Ruins here
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Matobo
National Park: located 34 Kilometers south of
Bulawayo City Centre, covering an area of 43 200
hectares, the park is positioned in the marvelous
Matobo Hills, which are constitute of a series of
domes, spires and balancing rock formations cut
out of granite solid granite plateau by mother
nature through millions and millions years of
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King Mzilikazi gave the
district the name Matobo - 'bald heads'-,
he was buried in the Matobo Hills. Cecil John
Rhodes is buried in the Matobo National Park, at
the summit of Malindidzimu -'hill of benevolent
spirits'-. A place which he referred to as the
"view of the world."
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Old
Bulawayo: The reconstruction of the Old
Bulawayo was started in 1997. A delegation was
sent to South Africa to study similar projects at
Ondini, Bulawayo and Mgungundlovu. The
reconstruction was limited only to the Royal
Enclosure - a place where the king and his close
relatives lived. |
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mopane timber have been put in place, together
with the cattle byre, which completes the
palisade. An ox-wagon shed has been refurbished
and roofed. One royal western type house, is
complete. An interpretative centre, featuring an
architectural design which blends with that of Old
Bulawayo is also complete. Take
a virtual tour of Old Bulawayo here. |
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