Zimbabwe - Matopos National Park
The Matobo Hills just south of Bulawayo are composed entirely of granite, weathered into fantastic shapes. San bushmen lived in the hills about 2,000 years ago,and left hundreds of rock paintings.
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Matobo National Park Zimbabwe
The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface, this has eroded to produce smooth whaleback dwalas and broken kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of vegetation. Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation, gave the area its name, meaning 'Bald Heads'.
Cecil Rhode's grave is situated here.
He may not have lived very long but he accomplished a lot of amazing achievements in his short life; he started the successful diamond company called ‘De Beers’, founded the state of Rhodesia (which was split into 2 areas and is now known as Zimbabwe and Zambia), was elected into the Cape Parliament in 1881, became the prime minister of the Cape in 1890 and founded an abundance of enterprises in Zimbabwe.
Nearing his death, Cecil John Rhodes requested that he would like to be buried on top of the flat mountain near his land (in Matopos National Park). He was unaware that this was sacred ground belonging to the Ndebele… The Ndebele referred to this mountain ‘Malindidzimu’ which means ‘dwelling place of the generous spirits’. They allowed Cecil John Rhodes to be buried on top of this Zimbabwean Mountain (a month after his death) but requested that instead of a gun salute they would pay their respect to him with a ‘Hayate’ (a respectful silence)… he was the only European to ever be given this tribute.
Cecil John Rhodes also wanted his burial site to be called “view of the world” as he thought it was the most magnificent site around; overlooking the matapos rocks, massive boulders and exquisite scenery.
Matobo National Park Zimbabwe
Matobo National Park Zimbabwe. UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site
Paul Hubbard : The Matopos, Zimbabwe
Paul Hubbard grew up exploring the Matobo Hills outside Bulawayo in southern Zimbabwe. He is now a researcher and guide to the area. Visit GreatGuides.Org for his full profile, audio downloads, photos and writing.
Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe
Matobo National Park south-west of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Filmed using a DJI Mavic Pro. Edited via iMovie.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MATOBO NATIONAL PARK
Matobo national Park is located around 34kms to the South of the city of Bulawayo.This green park was established in 1926 and is also the oldest national park in Zimbabwe.
It is a recreational park, meaning visitors are free to walk around and enjoy the scenic reserve.
Matobo National Park teems with diverse plant, bird and animal species.
The park has many aloes, wild herbs and over 100 grass species.Matobo National Park has the world’s highest concentration of the Black eagle. AND leopards too.
The dense population of leopards is because of the abundant dassies which, reportedly, make up 50 per cent of their diet.
Other bird species that can be found at the Park include the fish eagle, martial eagle, francolin, secretary bird, weavers, pied crow and Egyptian geese.
In addition, it is one of the last sanctuaries for the Black and White Rhino in Southern Africa!
If you visit the reserve, and we hope you will, you are more likely to see White Rhino than Black Rhino. The reason?
White Rhino is more social and can be found grazing in open areas.However, the Black Rhino is more private and spends its time browsing twigs in thick vegetation.
Everything You Need To Know About Matobo National Park
Matobo national Park is located around 34kms to the South of the city of Bulawayo. This green park was established in 1926 and is also the oldest national park in Zimbabwe.
Matobo National Park teems with diverse plant, bird and animal species. It has over 200 tree species including mountain acacia, wild pear, paper bark tree and fig tree. The park also has many aloes, wild herbs and over 100 grass species.
Matobo National Park is an enthralling gallery of balancing rocks which formed over 3 billion years of erosion. Truly, this landscape is unique in the remarkable range of African scenery and experiences it provides.
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The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.
The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface.
Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation, gave the area its name, meaning 'Bald Heads'.
The Hills cover an area of about 3100 square kilometres, of which 424 square kilometres is National Park, the remainder being largely communal land and a small proportion of commercial farmland.
The park extends along the Thuli, Mtshelele, Maleme and Mpopoma river valleys.
Part of the national park is set aside as a 100 square kilometres game park, which has been stocked with game including the white rhinoceros.
The national park is located within the southern Africa bushveld ecoregion.
The national park is the oldest in Zimbabwe, established in 1926 as Rhodes Matopos National Park, a bequest from Cecil Rhodes.
The original park borders extended well to the south and east of the current park.
The park area then increased with the acquisition of World's View and Hazelside farms to the north.
The current name Matobo reflects the correct vernacular pronunciation of the area.
The Matobo Hills were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.
The area exhibits a profusion of distinctive rock landforms rising above the granite shield that covers much of Zimbabwe.
The Matobo Hills is an area of high botanic diversity, with over 200 species of tree recorded in the national park, including the mountain acacia, wild pear and the paperbark tree.
There are also many aloes, wild herbs and over 100 grass species.
Matobo National Park has a wide diversity of fauna: 175 bird, 88 mammal, 39 snake and 16 fish species.
Game include white rhinos, sable antelopes, impala and leopards.
The park contains the world's densest population of the latter, due to the abundance of hyrax, which make up 50% of their diet.
The game park in the west has been restocked with white and black rhinos.
It has been designated as an Intensive Protection Zone for the two species, as well as hyenas, hippopotami, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest sand ostriches.
Matobo National Park contains the highest concentration of black eagles, and breeding pairs of these birds, worldwide.
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The Matobo Hills (The Matopos)
Documentary film produced on The Matobo Hills (also known The Matopos) as a world heritage site. From our DVD Land of Legend.
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I went on a trip to Bulawayo with the Zimbabwe tourism authority and on our way back we passed through Matopos or Matobo national park where we climbed up mountain pomongwe, saw the pomongwe caves that hold ancient art work and were guided through the matobo landscape.
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Halo! My name is Mia and I am a YAMEN program participant from Indonesia. With MCC I will be serving in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for 11 months. To share updates with my family and friends back at home, I am planning to make as much vlogs as I can.
This episode is about bits of my life in the 11 weeks I am here, also our camping trip to Matobo National Park last weekend.
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Chapter 3: Bulawayo
Bulawayo is a commercial and industrial center. This is in Bulawayo were born the first black trade unions.
After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, tensions were vivid with the Shona majority of the country resulting in a real conflict. In 1988, peace returned when the Shona and Ndebele signed a friendship agreement and merged their respective parties.
Matopos region is classified as a UNESCO World for the beauty of heritage, characterized by exceptional granite formations. Cecil Rhodes rests atop the hill called View of the World.
Matopos region has one of the largest concentrations of rock art in Southern Africa, art that depicts the life of societies of hunter-gatherers of the Stone Age.
You can observe magnificent rhinoceros with Handy. The GPS positioning is not given for not providing information to traffickers rhino horns.
Music: Estado de Graça Ernesto W
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CHILDREN by Tavola Rustica GAMES
Bang ba by Burning Cicada Ltd.
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Chapitre 3 : Bulawayo
Bulawayo est un centre commercial et industriel. C'est à Bulawayo que naquirent les premiers syndicats noirs.
Après l'indépendance du Zimbabwe en 1980, les tensions furent vives avec la majorité Shonas du pays débouchant sur un véritable conflit. En 1988, la paix revint quand les Shonas et Ndébélés signèrent un accord d'amitié et fusionnèrent leurs partis respectifs.
La région des Matopos est classée au patrimoine Mondial de l'UNESCO pour la beauté du site, caractérisé par des formations granitiques exceptionnelles. Cecil Rhodes repose au sommet de la colline baptisée « Vue du monde”.
La région des Matopos abrite une des plus grandes concentrations d'art rupestre de l'Afrique australe, art qui met en scène la vie des sociétés de cueilleurs-chasseurs de l'âge de pierre.
Vous pourrez observer de magnifiques Rhinocéros avec Handy. La géolocalisation GPS n'est pas donnée pour ne pas fournir des informations aux trafiquants de cornes de rhinocéros.
Musique : Estado de Graça par Ernesto W
JEUX D'ENFANTS par TAVOLA RUSTICA
Bang ba par Burning Cicada Ltd
Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe
Hi everyone! In this week's video I take you on a tour of Matopos National Park in Zimbabwe. Did you know that Cecil John Rhodes was buried here? Look out for this in the video. Rhino tracking is also a very popular activity here
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