Zimbabwe Bed and Breakfast Inns

Near Bulawayo
	Matopos National Park (30 minutes away) The Matopos area contains some of the most majestic granite scenery in the world, and has great cultural and religious significance. The beauty of the Matopos is that it offers a wide variety of activities to the visitor. The Matopos Hills comprise an extraordinary collection of huge bare granite hills with gravity-defying boulders scattered all over the countryside to create a quite unique and rather mysterious landscape. Game drives are conducted into the National Park in search of black and white rhino, giraffe, zebra, sable antelope, leopard and a host of other species. The local Matabele people call it Malindidzimu (the place of ancestor spirits). The national park is famous for its outstanding views, San (bushman) painted caves, wildlife (especially the Black Eagle) and as the chosen burial place of Cecil Rhodes who named his favorite spot. (More Info)
	Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage (20 minutes away) Chipangali is a wildlife Orphanage and not a zoo which offers a home to Orphaned, abandoned and sick wild animals. Young animals continually find there way into homes of nature lovers throughout Zimbabwe. Other animals are orphaned as a result of some mishap such as the death of the mother, injuries or snaring.
In Bulawayo
Museum of Natural History (5 blocks away) Situated in Centenary Park, Bulawayo, The Museum is primarily a natural history museum, considered to be one of the finest of its kind in Southern Africa. Built in the impressive Colosseum - style, its exhibits and galleries never fail to delight and fascinate the visitor. A highlight of the Museum is the magnificent Lowveld Hall, an open habitat display of animals, amongst which is the second largest mounted elephant in the world. Another attraction is the Gold Mine Tunnel, a reconstruction of a genuine mine through which visitors may walk to experience the feeling of the miner's environment.
Downtown Open Market As in every Zimbabwian City or Street you could find handicraft sellers here! Many of their products are just wonderful, but remember that you have to carry them back home on the plane.
Restaurants Bulawayo boasts a diverse range of excellent restaurants and cafes. They range from cheap to expensive, but the food is always good. We keep a book with the menu's from most of the area resturants at the Zimbabwe Bed and Breakfast Inns
Other Places of Interest
	Walking Safari - Looking for something a little more adventuress? Looking to get closer to the animals? Looking to spend some time “in the bush”? We have just the thing for you. Spend time with Professional Hunter-Guide Andy T. in Hwange National Park. You will be driven to the remote “bush camp” that will be your base for your walking adventures. Each day your will walk through the wilds and learn about the animals and plants from the ground up. You will be shown the true meaning of the word ecosystem. After your day’s walk your will return to camp and enjoy a sundowner, a hot shower, a great dinner, a camp fire and a soft bed in a bug proof tent. The terrain is flat with rolling hills so you do not need to be a distance runner to enjoy these walks. You do need to have good shoes, and be able to pay attention to the guide and the world around you. There is no better way to experience the bush then on foot as man did for centuries before the auto.
	Victoria Falls (4.5 hours north) The Victoria Falls are undoubtedly Zimbabwe's best-Known tourist attraction. The Falls are truly a magnificent sight, where millions of gallons of water plunge over a 1,7km-wide cliff into the narrow gorge below. In November 1855 David Livingstone became the first European to view their awesome splendor and, out of loyalty to his queen, named them after her. Victoria Falls has dozens of view points that emerge from paths through the tropical rainforest, which grows in the area of the spray. The rainforest, with it's huge mahogany, wild fig and sausage trees, is home to numerous birds, butterflies and smaller animals and nurtures exquisite orchids and ferns. And although the fame of the Falls has spread far and wide, drawing hundreds of visitors each month, the area has been carefully developed so that the magic of this special place endures.
	Hwange National Park (3 hours north) Hwange National Park is a huge conservation area in northwestern Zimbabwe. It is situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert, a region with little water and very sparse, semi-arid vegetation - making it excellent for game viewing, even though only about a quarter of this huge wildlife haven is accessible to tourists. Hwange is the home for the Presidential elephants, and they are abundant throughout the park. The landscape includes desert sand to sparse woodland as well as grasslands and granite outcrops. Due to the lack of water, man-made waterholes were introduced to sustain the animals through the dry season. (More Info)
	The Great Zimbabwe (3 hours east) The biggest example of ancient architecture south of the Great Pyramids can be found at Great Zimbabwe, the "house of stones" built by a once great and prosperous high culture. Once thought to be the site of the legendary Mines of King Solomon, these ruins have long been the inspiration of adventurers and treasure hunters. Today, they act as both a testimony to a thousand-year-old civilization, and the proud symbol of a new country. This World Heritage Site covers an area of over 700 hectares, and is the largest of the 150 stone settlements in Zimbabwe and the most significant ruins in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also an awe-inspiring sight. Although many myths and legends once abounded about the origins of Great Zimbabwe, there is irrefutable proof that this was the royal court of the Shona kings until the 15th century. At the height of this dynasty, there were some 20 000 subjects whose influence spread far and wide, trading in gold and ivory and farming with cattle, sheep and goats. These medieval city-state dwellers expressed themselves graciously in art and architecture, and fascinating artifacts from antiquity can be viewed in the site museum. Visitors can reach Great Zimbabwe by air charter, road transfer or as part of a self-drive excursion of this fascinating country.