Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe

Chimanimani

Mountain landscapes, living traditions and community-led experiences.

A place, and the people who hold it

Chimanimani sits along Zimbabwe's eastern border, a landscape of granite peaks, mist forest and river valleys. Chikukwa Village, held in its folds, is known for permaculture work that rebuilt soil and forest, and for keeping mbira, dance and story in daily use rather than on display. Every Gatsheni journey here is led by the people who live it.

Chikukwa is a Ndau community whose knowledge of farming, medicine and music has been carried between generations without interruption. Visitors are hosted, not entertained.

Journeys here

01Day tourCultural

Cultural Experience

Chimanimani

You arrive to music — not a performance staged for visitors, but the welcome Chikukwa gives anyone who comes with respect.

From $5 · $30 international / $15 localView experience

02Half dayWorkshop

Cultural Workshop Experience

Chimanimani

Choose one craft and spend half a day with someone who has practised it their whole life.

From $20 · $40 international / $20 localView experience

03Full dayImmersion

Village Life Cultural Immersion

Chimanimani

Morning in the gardens, afternoon over the cooking fire, evening with drums.

From $30 · $60 international / $30 localView experience

04Full dayHeritage & Nature

Cultural Heritage & Nature Tour

Chimanimani

Rock art painted thousands of years ago, plants still used as medicine today, and the stories that connect the two.

From $35 · $70 international / $35 localView experience

052 days / 1 nightWeekend journey

Cultural Weekend Experience

Chimanimani

Two days is when the visit stops feeling like a visit. You stay the night and wake up in the mountains.

From $80 · $150 international / $80 localView experience

Upcoming

22 August 202622 — 27 AugustChimanimani

Cultural Exchange Camp — Chikukwa, Chimanimani

A six-day cultural exchange camp for universities, researchers, volunteers and students: cultural workshops, traditional farming, mindfulness retreat, research activities and storytelling. $400 international / $300 local, including accommodation and meals.

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26 August 202626 — 27 AugustChimanimani

Chikukwa Cultural Festival

Two days celebrating Ndau culture through music, dance, storytelling and much more, hosted with the Chikukwa Research Trust.

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Gatsheni ExperiencesTawanda NdlovuChikukwa Village, Chimanimani, Zimbabwe