Cecil Kop Nature Reserve is located just two kilometers from the city centre and is managed and developed by Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe (WEZ) Manicaland Branch being established in 1977 to provide educational and recreational facilities for local citizens to view Zimbabwe's wildlife under natural conditions. Visitors may drive around the Thompson's section for good views of the mountains and might be lucky enough to see the game. Also, a Nature Reserve includes a wide variety of vegetation types including Brachystegia woodlands, evergreen forests, montane grasslands, and vleis. The rolling granite-topped hillsides covered in Miombo woodlands and valleys filled with dense forest patches attract a host of bird species that makes the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe one of the best birding locations in the country. Amongst those spotted are Gurney's sugarbirds, grey waxbills, spotted creepers, miombo tits, miombo Double-collared sunbirds and augur buzzards high overhead.

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