05/03/2021
We are in Vumba this week.
🛑 Did you know
The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains straddle the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, and are situated some 10 km south east of Mutare. The Bvumba rise to Castle Beacon at 1,911 metres, and are, together with the Chimanimani Mountains to the south and Nyanga Mountains to the north, part of the Eastern Highlands of the Manicaland and adjacent Manica provinces. They are referred to as the "Mountains of the Mist" (Bvumba being the Shona word for "mist"), as so often the early morning starts with a mist which clears by mid-morning. Although lying mostly within Zimbabwe, the mountains extend north-eastward to Mount Vumba (or Monte Vumba) in Mozambique.They are capped by cool, green hills.
🕶️Places of special interest
Bunga Forest Botanical Reserve
Manchester Gardens – a landscaped garden with the Reserve arranged about a series of artificially created streams and dams
Elim Mission Memorial – a plaque at the start of the Eagle School Road - to the memory of the innocent victims of the Elim Mission Massacre 1978
Leopard Rock Hotel[16] – a golf resort and casino
The Refuge or Castle – now a sunset balcony for Leopard Rock Hotel guests and a wedding venue
Leopard Rock
Chinziwa Scout Park
Kwayedza Lodge
Cloudlands
Cripps Family Burial Plot
White Horse Inn – at the end of the tar on Lauranceville Road
Map-off – a place with various fauna and flora overlooking the border
Prince of Wales view – a cliff that overlooks Forbes border post near Cloudlands
Castle beacon or Bvumba Heights, situated 1,900 m above sea level
