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Matabeleland Voyage Tips and guide

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    Matabeleland is a region in the southwest and west of Zimbabwe. It is inhabited by the Ndebele people, who settled here in the mid-1800s.

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    Map of Matabeleland

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    The Mother and Child rock in Matabo.

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    Southern Matabeleland is for the greater portion of the year hot and dusty.

    Baobab trees are common, as are mopani. The grasslands glow in the deep afternoon sun.

    Get in

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    The main border crossing with South Africa is at 1 Beitbridge on Wikipedia. National road A4/R1 leads to Harare while A6 is the main road into Matabeleland, linking Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.

    Get around

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    See

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    • See the rock formation at Balla Balla.
    • Visit Chipingali Wildlife Orphanage.

    Itineraries

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    The largest town in Matabeleland is Bulawayo, renowned for its wide streets built to allow a wagon with a 10-oxen team to do a U-turn. Bulawayo has an airport, which makes it an ideal starting point. From Bulawayo one can travel south to Matobo for a day's slow drive through the exotic landscapes, or westward to Khami Ruins, to see miniature versions of the stone ruins found at Great Zimbabwe.

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    Eat

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    A local delicacy is the mopani worm: these caterpillars are dried in the sun, and sold as a snack food. The staple food is mealie meal, made into a stiff porridge known as "sadza".

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