The Matobo National park located 35 Kilometers south of Bulawayo .It
is an area of kopjes and granite.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 game
park, which has been stocked with game including the white rhinoceros.
The highest point in the hills is the promontory named Gulati (1549 m)
just outside the north-eastern corner of the park (National Travel,2011
Rock paintings at Matobo hills |
Balancing rocks at Matobo |
Granite rocks at Matobo hills |
Matobo hills:grave of Cecil John Rhodes |
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