The small village of Nyanga is located in the Eastern Highlands about 100km north of Mutare. The highest mountain in Zimbabwe, Mount Inyangani lies about 15km from the village. It's highest peak rises to 2,600m above sea level.  Nyanga is a popular tourist destination with its trout fishing, golf courses, mountain hikes and holiday resorts. Nyanga also accomodates the highest waterfalls in the country - Mtarazi Falls are about 760m tall. The surrounds also contain many Stone and Iron Age archaeological remains such as pit structures, stone forts, terraces and pathways.

North of Nyanga town the tarred road ends. The road meanders along the mountain range until it diverges at various points. After Sedze township one comes upon various schools and resettlement villages. Turning left one can reach Mapako and then comes upon Nyatate, one of the larger growth points in the area. Back to the main road, further up are Tendanayi primary and then St. Mary Magdalenes. Next major stop is Dumba, iin the Nyautare area. Continuing on, one can travel to Harare via Murehwa by this road, passing through the now abandoned Nyamombe refugee camp.

Further North, the range ends, there lies Ruangwe and Avila mission, here is Emmanuel High School. This road curves back up behind the moutain range and leads back to the tar, towards Nyamaropa and Troutbeck Inn. Then back to Nyanga. Some of these place names will be largely unfamiliar to tourists and not often shown on maps. Yet such rural areas are where the majority of Zimbabweans have grown up and still call home. Some parts are resettlement areas, and were formally white-owned.