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68ha and hosts more than 900 species of wild trees and shrubs from all over the country.
National Botanic Garden of Zimbabwe is situated about 4 km north of Harare City Centre in the suburb of Alexandra Park. It also houses the National Herbarium of Zimbabwe. The gardens have an area of almost 7 square kilometres. It was initially established as a recreation area in 1902. In 1962 it became the National Botanic Gardens under the direction of Hiram Wild, who at the time was the head of the SRGH. Half of the gardens are devoted to indigenous plants from Zimbabwe's woodlands and include most of the 750 species found in the country. Other areas contain plants typical to the African continent including rare and endangered species, as well as exotics from South America, India, Australia and the Far East. It contains 90% of the different ecological habitats in found in Zimbabwe.
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Houses a priceless collection of Rhodesiana and Africana in the form of diaries, notebooks and reports of various origins. Some of the original works of some of the greatest names in African exploration and missionary can be viewed.
The country's main cricket ground, established in 1900. With a capacity of 10,000, it hosts Test matches, and Mashonaland Eagles in the domestic league.
This is a spacious park downtown with a swimming pool and outdoor theater, but it is rather unkempt and unsafe, sadly. (different than the botanical gardens).
277 hectares of remarkably preserved natural woodland that straddles the banks of the small Mukuvisi stream. A variety of bird and of wild animal species such as giraffe, zebra, impala, tsessche, wildebeest, bushbuck, steenbuck, reed buck and eland can be viewed. You can freely walk on marked trail routes of around 3, 5, 8 and 10 km.