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art galleries, as well as tours to Rhodes Grave. The Big Cave property is approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km), and is ideal for walking and birdwatching. Facilities include a natural rock pool for swimming, the "Leopards Lair" bar and dining area which incorporates a huge granite boulder into the building, as well as separate library area.
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This is the main camp in the centre of the park, and hosts the park headquarters. All accommodation is self-catering. There are eighteen lodges and six chalets, the former fully equipped and the latter with communal ablutions and without crockery or cutlery. Three of the lodges, Imbila, Black Eagle
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Some game can be seen throughout the park, with regular sightings of white rhino, sable antelope and impala. However, the best viewing is to be had in the 105 km Game Park, in the west of the national park. The game park, also known as Whovi or Hove Wild Area was established with animals
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and Fish Eagle, offer views over the Maleme Gorge. Imbila Lodge offers a higher standard of luxury with ensuite bathrooms and teak furniture. Camping and caravan sites are situated along the eastern shores of Maleme Dam.
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is a small site near Gordon Park, on the main tarred road through the park. The frieze includes the outline of large rhinos, which is said to have inspired the re-introduction of the species in the 1960s.
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contains friezes of giraffes, elephants and kudu. Access is from
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people. Many rituals and other religious activities are performed in the hills. Before the colonial era, it was the headquarters of the spiritualist oracle, the Mlimo.
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river valleys. Part of the national park is set aside as a 100 km (39 sq mi) game park, which has been stocked with game including the white
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and bass. Bass were stocked into seven of the parks dams from the research station at Maleme Dam. The park entry fee includes a fishing license.
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has the most extensive paintings, located in a remote cave accessible by a three-hour hike from
Toghwana Dam. Along the route of the hike is an
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Marshall, B.E. 2003. The biology of Barbus mattozi Guimaraes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in a Zimbabwean reservoir. 2. Growth.
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The Matobo Hills are composed entirely of granite, making up the
Matopos Batholith. The granite weathers into fantastic shapes, such as the
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Rachlow, J.L., Kie, J.G. and Berger, J. 2001. Territoriality and spatial patterns of white rhinoceros in Matobo
National Park, Zimbabwe.
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The name of the park has been used twice in films: According to director Stéphanie
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in 2003. The area "exhibits a profusion of distinctive rock landforms rising above the granite shield that covers much of
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Maylam, P. 2002. Monuments memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in the twentieth century.
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With its scenery, climate and safe environment, Matobo has a number of hiking trails. Shorter hikes and walks include:
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formed a major part of the meat component of the diet of early human inhabitants of the cave, which also included
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Proctor, Tammy M. (July 2000). "A Separate Path: Scouting and Guiding in Interwar South Africa".
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Supervised horse trails are arranged by the Parks and Wildlife staff. There are two routes:
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boldly walked alone and unarmed into this Ndebele stronghold and persuaded the
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maintains a camp site at Rowallan Park, in the north of the Mtsheleli Valley.
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255:, southern
133:Established
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