Bulawayo

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Bulawayo is in Zimbabwe. It is the second-largest city in the country, after the capital Harare, and until recently was Zimbabwe's industrial capital. It is a relaxed, elegant city with tree-lined boulevards and an air of shabby gentility. However, it's worth a day or two -- you can find good shopping and a worthwhile movie theater -- if passing through. It means to slaughter. This is the place where Mzilikazi had his first capital and used to slaughter his enemies.

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Local Buses

[edit][add listing] See

  • Amakhosi Theatre Company
  • National Art Gallery, Bulawayo
  • Natural History Museum

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The city's outdoor swimming pool is like something out of a 1920s movie, with its ranks of brightly painted changing booths. Lie on the grass and watch the cranes roost in the towering trees of the neighbouring botanic gardens.

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The Bulawayo Centre is a modern shopping centre with chic clothes shops, an internet cafe and a cinema.

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Haefelli's Bakery.

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Brass Monkey

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Rainbow Hotel

Holiday Inn

[edit] Get out

  • Matobo National Park (also called Matopos)
  • Khami ruins
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