What’s Special about Matobo National Park ?

‘Matobo’s hills hide secrets of a fascinating past’
A place of obvious natural beauty, Matobo’s hills hide secrets of great historical significance – from the lingering legacy of bushmen in ancient cave paintings, to the burial ground of a great African empire-builder – Matobo’s past is fascinating to discover.

As ‘voices from the rock’ seemingly echo over the breezes and in and around every cave and kopjie (small hills), an overwhealming sense of Matobo’s turbulent past, belies the present serenity.

From the Stone Age to recent times, these hills have been a place of worship and a place of refuge during rebellion, a hunting ground, burial ground and battleground. Secrets of the past, now silent in the hills, make Matobo a place of intense intrigue for anyone interested in the strife and struggles of Africa.

And here, by his special request, lies buried Africa’s great empire builder, colossus of his age, and one-time Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (South Africa) in 1890, Cecil John Rhodes.

‘Home to White Rhino, Leopard & Plentiful Plainsgame’

Matobo National Park is home to white rhino, many leopard and a wonderful variety of antelope and other plains game species. If you are lucky, you may even spot the endangered black rhino here!