Recreational & Heritage Sites

In the area, one will also find the famous Murehwa Caves with three tunnels, some as long as 9 km, and other sites with rock paintings of the San. These paintings are at least 1000 years old. The caves are protected by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe. The district of Murehwa stretches from Mt. Hanwa (10 km north of Macheke) in the south up to Uzumba in the north, Nyadire Rive NE and Nyaguvi SE of Murehwa. It is dominated by traditional African agriculture and commercial farming. In that area there are three hilltop fortresses belonging to the Murehwa (Moyo) people, built in the later phase of ancient Monomotapa State under the Chieftainship family of Murehwa, after 1500 AD. The major tourism opportunities are : Nyaguwe Falls, Hanwa Mountains, Murewa Caves, Musami Stadium and Zhombwe Mountain