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Matobo National Park map

An interactive map of the park, coordinates for Maleme, World's View and the painted caves, and how to find your way around hills where one granite dome looks much like the next.

Interactive map of Matobo National Park

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Mpophoma Dam Mtsheleli Dam Toghwana Dam Upper Maleme Dam Maleme Dam Matobo Dam Bulawayo 1 Maleme Dam and Rest Camp. The ZimParks hub: lodges, chalets, campsite and a small shop on the dam 2 World's View (Malindidzimu). Granite summit with the graves and a 360 degree view, on a separate NMMZ ticket 3 Pomongwe Cave. Painted cave with a small site museum, a short drive from Maleme 4 Nswatugi Cave. The best-known painted frieze in the park: giraffe, kudu and people 5 Bambata Cave. Archaeological cave with animal paintings, on the western side near the game park 6 Toghwana Dam. Outlying ZimParks campsite in the east; may need 4x4 in the wet season 10 km
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim & Overpass), checked 2026-09-25. The numbered pins are the key coordinates further down this page. The interactive version of this map needs JavaScript; everything on it is also in the list below.

Lodges without a confirmed location are not on the map yet: Big Cave Campsite and huts, Mangwe Lodge, Camp Dwala, Shumbashaba Mkulu Camp, Inungu Guest House, Sethule Lodge and Motsamai Guest Lodge.

Short answer

ZimParks publishes no downloadable Matobo map; its park page has no map at all. What you can use is the interactive map below, the coordinates in the table, and an offline app such as OsmAnd or Organic Maps with the Zimbabwe region downloaded. Ask at the Maleme office for directions to the outlying camps.

Everything on the map

Lodges and camps 9

Campsites and park camps 17

  • Big Cave Camp Site & Ndebele VillageCampsite · outside the park
  • Burkes' ParadiseCampsite · outside the park
  • Campite Mwizilume Dam
  • City of Bulawayo Caravan ParkCampsite · outside the park
  • Granite Park LodgeCampsite · outside the park
  • Maleme Rest CampBudget · From $12 per person camping
  • Mtsheleli Dam #10
  • Mtsheleli Dam #12
  • Mtsheleli Dam #15
  • Mtsheleli Dam #3
  • Mtsheleli Dam #7
  • Mtsheleli Dam #8
  • Shalom campsiteCampsite · outside the park
  • Toghwana Dam #2
  • Toghwana Dam #3
  • Worlds View CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
  • ZimParks outlying campsitesBudget · No 2026 rate published

Pans and waterholes 20

  • Craiglee Farm Dam Dip1Pan · outside the park
  • Craiglee Farm Dam1Pan · outside the park
  • Criterion Clear Water ReservoirPan · outside the park
  • Criterion Raw Water ReservoirPan · outside the park
  • Fingo DamPan · outside the park
  • Khami DamPan · outside the park
  • Lions PoolPan · outside the park
  • Lower Hillside DamPan · outside the park
  • Lower Umgaza DamPan · outside the park
  • Magwegwe Water ResevoirPan · outside the park
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  • Maleme Dam
  • Matobo Dam
  • Mhlonyane DamPan · outside the park
  • Mpophoma Dam
  • Mtsheleli Dam
  • Nkwalini DamPan · outside the park
  • Toghwana DamOutlying ZimParks campsite in the east; may need 4x4 in the wet season
  • Upper Hillside DamPan · outside the park
  • Upper Maleme DamPan · outside the park
  • Upper Umguza DamPan · outside the park

Rivers and springs 8

  • Gwayi RiverRiver · outside the park
  • KhamiRiver · outside the park
  • MzingwaneRiver · outside the park
  • NataRiver · outside the park
  • NcemaRiver · outside the park
  • PhekiweRiver · outside the park
  • Thuli RiverRiver · outside the park
  • Umguza RiverRiver · outside the park

Hides 1

  • Zhamando Hide

Viewing platforms 2

  • Nothern PlatformViewing platform · outside the park
  • Passage PlatformViewing platform · outside the park

Viewpoints 6

  • Bajoy bluesViewpoint · outside the park
  • Cross Hill RuinsViewpoint · outside the park
  • Dam WallViewpoint · outside the park
  • MonolithViewpoint · outside the park
  • Nswatugi CaveThe best-known painted frieze in the park: giraffe, kudu and people
  • Plus 1 without a name in OpenStreetMap

Picnic sites 1

  • Plus 1 without a name in OpenStreetMap

Gates 5

  • Entrance Gate
  • Granite Ridge Farm House Lodge gateGate · outside the park
  • Matopos Park Gate
  • This is not the entrance gate any more
  • Zim Safaris Hermits Peak Lodge gateGate · outside the park

Airstrips 3

  • Induna Airport (CLOSED)Airstrip · FVIN
  • Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International AirportAirstrip · BUQ FVJN
  • Sauerdale AirfieldAirstrip · FVSD · dirt

Towns 15

  • Blanket MineVillage
  • BulawayoCity
  • CathleenVillage
  • CementVillage
  • CyreneVillage
  • EsibomvuVillage
  • EsigodiniVillage
  • FigtreeVillage
  • IrisvaleVillage
  • KeziVillage
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  • Khami PrisonVillage
  • MbalabalaVillage
  • PagatiVillage
  • StanmoreVillage
  • Vubachikwe MineVillage

Fuel 15

  • Ashy's filling station
  • Engen
  • Flo BurnsideFuel station · 24/7
  • Flo Filling Station
  • FLO Service Station
  • Flo Service Station
  • Puma Garage
  • Red Wood 1-Stop (Fuel & Motel)
  • TotalFuel station · TotalEnergies
  • Total
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  • Zuva
  • Zuva
  • ZUVA
  • Plus 2 without a name in OpenStreetMap

Clinics 15

  • Clinic
  • Ingutsheni Central HospitalHospital
  • Joshua M. Nkomo Enkusileni Medical CenterHospital
  • Kezi Rural District HospitalHospital
  • Lady Rodwell MarternityHospital
  • Lancet HouseHospital
  • Mater Dei HospitalHospital
  • Matopo Rural HospitalHospital
  • Mpilo central HospitalHospital
  • Premier Hillside HospitalHospital
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  • Pumula South ClinicHospital
  • Solusi HospitalHospital
  • ST Clarita Medical Clinic
  • Thorngrove Isolation HospitalHospital
  • United Bulawayo HospitalsHospital

Download the official park map

ZimParks publishes no downloadable map of Matobo National Park. The park page is the official reference, and it carries no map.

Key coordinates

Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.

PlaceWhat it isCoordinates
Maleme Dam and Rest Camp The ZimParks hub: lodges, chalets, campsite and a small shop on the dam -20.5415, 28.5002
World's View (Malindidzimu) Granite summit with the graves and a 360 degree view, on a separate NMMZ ticket -20.4974, 28.5202
Pomongwe Cave Painted cave with a small site museum, a short drive from Maleme -20.5477, 28.5133
Nswatugi Cave The best-known painted frieze in the park: giraffe, kudu and people -20.53562, 28.47496
Bambata Cave Archaeological cave with animal paintings, on the western side near the game park -20.5032, 28.4061
Toghwana Dam Outlying ZimParks campsite in the east; may need 4x4 in the wet season -20.53780, 28.60589

Finding your way

  • The tar road from Bulawayo runs to Maleme Dam; almost everything visitors see is within a short drive of it.
  • Download the Zimbabwe region in OsmAnd or Organic Maps before you leave Bulawayo; we have not verified mobile coverage away from Maleme.
  • Nswatugi is on the loop road west of Maleme and can also be reached from the Kezi road.
  • The fenced game section lies in the west; a high-clearance 4x4 is recommended there.

About the coordinates

The coordinates above come from OpenStreetMap, checked 24 September 2026, and mark the feature itself rather than its car park. ZimParks publishes no list of gates, so we do not name any; the barriers on the map are the ones OpenStreetMap records, some of them marked there as disused.

Where to go next

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