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Selborne Park

Bulawayo is the second-largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare. Located in Matabeleland, colloquially the city is also known by various names, these being the 'City of Kings', 'Skies', 'Bluez', 'Bulliesberg' or 'KoNtuthu ziyathunqa' – a isiNdebele phrase for "a place that continually exudes smoke". This name arose from the city's historically large industrial base. The majority of the Bulawayo's population belongs to the Ndebele ethnic and language group.

For a long time in Zimbabwe's history Bulawayo was regarded as the industrial centre of Zimbabwe and the city served as the hub to the country's rail network with the National Railways of Zimbabwe headquartered there because of its strategic position near Botswana and South Africa. It is the nearest large city to Hwange National Park, Matobo National Park and Victoria Falls.

Excellent follow up!

First of all, I must say we usually plan our trips ourselves with the help of TripAdvisor. However, this year we had an especially challenging trip to plan with 3 generations of people going ranging from less than 2 years to 50+ years old. We gave Terry the requirements. He came back with 3 very good options. He answered all our questions and made sure all details were set up in advance with the airlines and resorts. His continued followup...

By Murray Toll

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