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The northern section of the eastern
Highlands lies between 60km (honed valley0 and 120km (World’s
View) north of Mutare. In the Juliasdale area is Zimbabwe’s
highest waterfall, Mtarazi Falls, and the Honde view. Both
are on the edge of an escarpment which drops 762m to the
fertile Honde Valley. Nearby is Pungwe View, where visitors
look down on the Pungwe falls and the start of the 10km gorge.
In wt weather it is advisable to approach this region from
Nyakupinga road and Brackening road, rather than from the
scenic routes.
West of Juliasdale on the road to Rusape
the country offers a seemingly endless vista of crag and
boulder. In Nyanga National Park places of interest include
Nyangwe (Mare) Dam , the trout hatchery, Nyangwe Fort, pit
structures, Nyangombe Fall and swimming pool and Zimbabwe ‘s
highest mountain, Mount Nyangani(2592m). In the village,
attached to the library. Ancient ruins occur over a wide area
but the most impressive are Ziwa ruins where there is a site
museum, 11 km north of Nyanga.
In Troutbeck are the Connemara Lakes,
World’s View, Eagle, View and the church of St Catherine –in
the Down’s. Trout fishing (fly only) in the dams of the
National Parks; enquiries : Warden’s office courses at three
of the hotel, plus many other sporting facilities. White water
rafting on the Pungwe River. Mountain bike for hire.
A right turn at about 46kms on the main
Mutare-Nyanga Road leads to a long descent through the highly
fertile Honde Valley to Aberfoyle.
Where to stay
Juliasdale: Brondesbury Park Hotel,
Montclair Casino Hotel, Pine Tree Inn, privately owned
cottages, Hidden Camping and Caravan Park, on the Rusape road
past Brondesbury Park Hotel.
Nyanga: Nyanga Hotel, The Villages Inn,
Trout beck Inn, Inn on Rupurara, National Parks lodges at Udu,
Nyangwe (Mare) and Rhodes camps and Pungwe Drift, camping at
Mtarazi and Nyangombe sites. Caravans at Nyangombe. Many
self-catering cottages. Nyanga Art Village: 1km past village
turn off- traditional dancing every Saturday.Honde Valley:
Aderfoyle Club and Red Dragon
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