Harare Sunshine City

Zimbabwe’s capital city, founded in 1890, is a vibrant, modern city. Aesthetically pleasing, Harare has wide avenues, street lined with Jacaranda and Flamboyant trees.

Lush parks and gardens and many attractive hotels and buildings. Situated in the heart of Zimbabwe’s agricultural highveld, the city boasts an excellent climate, which lends itself to a wide variety of outdoor activities.

There are numerous sports clubs in and around Harare most of which offer tennis, squash, bowls, rugby and cricket and there are also a number of championship golf courses.

Furthermore the city while it is the centre of politics and economics, is the cultural and artistic capital of the country.

Apart from the various theatres, cinemas, night clubs and restaurants, there are also museums, sculpture gardens and art galleries to visit.

On September 12, 1890, the Pioneer Column – the British South Africa Company’s 500 strong mercenary unit- arrived at the present day Harare, raised their flag in what is now Africa Unity Square, and named the new settlement Fort Salisbury in honour of the British Prime Minister.

One of the most historically significant buildings in Zimbabwe in that which completes the link between British colonisation and Zimbabwean independence – Parliament Building.

Designed as a hotel and built near the place where the BSAC flag was raised, on the land that belonged to a Shona Group under Chief Gutsa, it now houses the country’s first democratically elected government.