Luxury Bulawayo Holidays

Bulawayo is Zimbabwe’s largest city after Harare. Situated in the South, it is the capital of Matabeleland and acts as an accessible hub for flights to and from Johannesburg.

With brilliant road systems, Bulawayo has easy access to some of the plentiful UNESCO sites that Zimbabwe has to offer. Notably, the Matobo Hills (within an hour) and the Khami Ruins just around the corner. 

Other than this, the city is captivating in its own right. A sleepier feel than Harare, Bulawayo’s broad, tree-lined boulevards infuse youthful colour into what is otherwise a city that is beginning to fray around the edges.

The remnants of gentility remain in the colonial Victorian architecture. Peppered with city gardens and public swimming pools, Bulawayo also presents a rare opportunity to shop in a range of curios featuring locally produced ornaments. 

The bulk of Bulawayo’s cultural prevalence is rooted in its early history. Named KoBulawayo, ‘place of suffering’ by the King Lobengula; the Ndebele Tribe that once called this their home witnessed a transformation of the city.

Following the Anglo-Ndebele wars, Lobengula fled his city leaving behind a canvas of collateral ruins and destruction. After part-burning and poignant bloodshed, the British settlers (led by Cecil Rhodes) began to form a 19^th century industrial hub from the ashes.

In turn, this history of struggle and uprising has left a city of hybridity. The array of cultural influences has created a place of diversity and of course historical prominence.