'''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.

Regions

Cities

  • Bulawayo
  • Other destinations

    Understand

    Southern Matabeleland is for the greater portion of the year hot and dusty. Tropical rainstorms arrive at 4:20pm, drop their load of huge, warm drops, and are gone by 5pm - you could set your watch by it.

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

    Talk

    Get in

    Get around

    See

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

    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 thru the exotic landscapes, or westward to Khami Ruins, to see miniature versions of the stone ruins found at Great Zimbabwe.

    Do

  • Go to Matobo!
  • Eat

    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".

    Drink

    Stay safe

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