{"id":6932,"date":"2011-04-04T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/index.php\/the-archeological-treasure-of-matobo-hills-bulawayo-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:24:59","slug":"the-archeological-treasure-of-matobo-hills-bulawayo-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/destinations\/the-archeological-treasure-of-matobo-hills-bulawayo-zimbabwe.htm","title":{"rendered":"The Archeological Treasure of Matobo Hills Bulawayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zimbabwe is an amazing country in Africa and well famed for its borders with the wonder of the world, Victoria Falls. However, if you are planning a trip to Victoria Falls from Zimbabwe, it is a great opportunity for you to explore the rest of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

The flights to Zimbabwe are mostly preferred with the country\u2019s own national carrier that gives direct flights to Harare<\/a> in cheap fares. The national flagship carrier of Zimbabwe departs from London Gatwick airport in the UK on specified days of the week and also offers flights to the neighbouring country, South Africa.<\/p>\n

This airline, Air Zimbabwe is the best low-cost airline for those seeking cheap airfares, bargains or promotional tickets to Johannesburg as well. Furthermore, Air Zimbabwe has a well connected domestic and regional network offering Victoria Falls and Bulawayo Flights for a wider connectivity and more exposure while in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

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Moving on, other than Victoria Falls, the one thing that is a must to visit in Zimbabwe is the Matobo Hills in Bulawayo. The city of Bulawayo is home to this amazing wonderland that exhibits a distinctive profusion of rock landforms emerging high above the granite shield. This place is home to shrines and sacred places that are still respected with the same faithfulness as were ages ago by the natives of the land. The Matobo Hills has also been a site of shelters from as early as Stone Age and are also reckoned among the World Heritage sites by UNESCO.<\/p>\n

Other than the Matobo hills itself and all its sacred places, there is other things that you may find attractive if you have an interest in art, archaeology and painting. There are exhibits of rock paintings, an extraordinary collection that is only as old as the time itself.<\/p>\n

To date, Matobo Hills Bulawayo is a hub of learning the ways of life in the stone age and the iron age. The abundant archaeological evidence found in this area is not only of interest to the scholars and scientists but to every man who would like to have a glimpse at the evolutionary period that transformed humans into what we are today. For this and more visiting Bulawayo is inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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