This website provides materials for the Zimbabwean National Parks’ Learner Hunters and Guides (LPH) examinations.
There are six introductory articles below, followed by the most recent posts. The menu above also gives access to the different categories.
Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Authority holds examinations in February and September of each year for the Learner Hunters and Guides…
Advice from the Zimbabwean Professional Guides Association What are the characteristics of a Professional Guide1? First and foremost, a professional guide…
Relevant books and other study materials are available for sale that you might find helpful in your preparation for the Learner…
There is no text book to prepare you for these examinations. There are, however, many useful sources of the necessary information.…
Three of the papers have a list of topics you are expected to be familiar with. The General Paper, however, can…
These articles are designed to give helpful background information to you people who are preparing for the Learner Hunters and Guides…
When we picture the driving forces of the natural world, our minds naturally drift to the biggest creatures or the most…
Scientific name: Adansonia digitata Shona: Muwuyu, Muuyu Ndebele: Umkhomo The baobab has been woven into the history, culture and ecology of Zimbabwe…
When most people think of fungi, they think of mushrooms. Many mushrooms are encountered regularly during the rainy season. Some are…
There is something almost magical about sitting quietly in a well-positioned hide. At first, very little seems to happen. A few…
The Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act No. 4 of 2025 is comprehensive legislative reform that modernizes Zimbabwe’s wildlife legal regime, improves…
Introduction Rising in the highlands of Angola and flowing more than 3,400 kilometres to the Indian Ocean, the Zambezi is one…
Traveling through Zimbabwe’s rural areas is one of the great privileges of living in or visiting the country. Many of the…
There is a commonly-held myth that elephants are destructive feeders. This could not be further from the truth. They are phenomenally…
This is the last of four articles on bush or veld fires, their impact on the environment and their use as…
This is the third of four articles on bush or veld fires, their impact on the environment and their use as…
