Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Amazing Balancing Rocks of Zimbabwe

Anywhere else you will go in in the world you would surely find some amazing rock formations. Balancing rocks are fascinating geological formations and are a popular tourist attractions.These fascinating formations can be man made or natural . There are several of these rock formation around the world and one of the amazing balancing rock formations is THE BALANCING ROCKS OF ZIMBABWE.


Africa is perceived by many as a wide area of jungle and forest because of the existenceof safari jungle in the continent.

But not known to many there are plenty of beautiful tourist attractions in Africa such as the Victoria Falls,Table Mountain, Kilimanjaro and many others.

  • The Balancing Rocks are geomorphological features of igneous rocks found in many parts of Zimbabwe, and are particularly noteworthy in Matopos National Park and near the township of Epworth to the southeast of Harare.
  • The formations are of natural occurrence in a perfectly balanced state without other support. Their popularity grew when the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe featured the formations on the last series of Zimbabwean banknotes
  • The Balancing Rocks have been used as a metaphorical theme to explain the importance of development coupled with preserving the fragile environment of Zimbabwe as similar to that of the Balancing Rocks found in Epworth, Matopos and in other areas

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