The Best Attractions In Matobo National Park - The Matopos

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, 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'. The Hills cover an area of about 3100 km² , of which 424 km² is National Park, the remainder being largely communal land and a small proportion of commercial f...
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The Best Attractions In Matobo National Park - The Matopos

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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, 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'. The Hills cover an area of about 3100 km² , of which 424 km² 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 km²...
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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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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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Incredible Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe (matobo)

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.

What an amazing trip

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Day 4 of Zimbabwe Tour 2018 saw us visiting Matobo National Park

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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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Sunway Safaris - Matobo NP and Hermits Peak

On our 16 day Zimbabwe Botswana Game Tracker tour, we visit a gorgeous lodge called Hermits Peak just outside Matobo National Park in Zimbabwe. Based here for 2 nights, we enjoy a game drive and walk in Matobo National Park where we hope to see rhino on foot, as well as a walk to view Cecil John Rhodes grave site.

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Camp Amalinda is set in a spiritual location in the Matobo Hills, amidst the granite outcrops where leopard and baboon calls echo down the valley. The rooms are cleverly nestled around the huge boulders and the views are exceptional. Some of the world's most majestic granite scenery is found in the Matobo Hills, an area covering 3100 square kilometres just south of Bulawayo. It is here, with a magnificent view, that Cecil Rhodes chose his burial place and the lives of the ancient San Bushman are recorded in the rock art. The scenery and rock art are fascinating but even more wonderful is the opportunity to track rhino on foot with an experienced guide, getting extremely close to these amazing and rare creatures!

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Scenes from the Matopos (Matobo National Park) Zimbabwe

The Best Attractions In Matobo National Park - The Matopos