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Recreation and Travel: Zimbabwe

Includes tourism, sports, food and drink, links to embassies, U.S. State Department advisories.

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Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

Air Zimbabwe (http://www.airzim.co.zw/)
Route network, services, the fleet, etc.

Birding in Zimbabwe (http://www.uq.edu.au/%7Eanpwooda/zim-brds.html)
Has a list of birds in Zimbabwe, information on the Ornithological Association of Zimbabwe and the table of contents of 1994-1995 issues of its journal, Honeyguide, good places for bird watching, a book list, tours specializing in birds, links to other bird sites. Maintained by Peter Woodall. On the University of Queensland staff web page, click on proceed to continue to the birding site.

Britain High Commission (Zimbabwe) (http://www.britainzw.org/)
Travel and business services of the High Commission. Selected articles from the quarterly, Britain and Zimbabwe Magazine.

Bulawayo Public and District Association (http://www.arachnid.co.zw/bulawayo/)
Official home site for Bulawayo, the "The city of kings, " one of the country's "most attractive cities, and a major centre for mining, ranching, tourism, commerce, and industry."

CNN Interactive -- South Africa (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
"Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates." Search e-library for periodical articles.

National Center for Infectious Diseases Traveler's Health (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/)
The US CDC issues health warnings and advisories and related materials for countries around the world.

National Game Parks (http://www.wildlifeafrica.co.za/botsnationalparks.html)
Commercial site. Links to game parks in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Includes photographic gallery, and information on animal behavior.

Odyssey, 1999-2000 (http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/index.html)
A virtual two year around-the-world trip for young people, with photographs, chat discussions, reports and teacher's guides. The team visits these ten major non-western countries to document their histories and cultures: Guatemala, Peru, Zimbabwe, Mali, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, India and China. The mission is to promote global awareness among youth and involve them in activities to create positive change in the world.

Southern Africa Places (http://www.places.co.za)
Commercial site. Includes information on game parks, tours, etc.

Travel Document Systems (http://www.traveldocs.com/)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.

US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html)
"Open Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country files, photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an event calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and culture."

United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector information on each country.

WildNet Africa.com (http://www.wildnetafrica.com/)
Commercial site with many links to: tourism, wildlife and eco-tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa, publications, photographic galleries, videos and feature articles on African societies.

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.

Zambezi Society (Harare) (http://www.zamsoc.org/)
"conservation group devoted solely to looking after the Zambezi, the finest and wildest river in Africa." Projects include biodiversity in Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, elephant research, black rhino protection, eco-tourism, Victoria Falls environmental problems. Has photographs, publications list, a map.

Zimbabwe. 8m.com (http://www.zimbabwe.8m.com/)
Has links to Zimbabwe businesses, travel services. Gives exchange rate, stock market, e-mail addresses of businesses, words to the national anthem, symbolism of the flag, etc.

Zimnites (http://www.zimnites.co.zw/)
Entertainment in Zimbabwe, bands, dance, film, restaurants.

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