Five people believed to be members of one family were found dead at the Mavuradonha Mountains on Sunday morning, after they reportedly attempted to walk a distance of 200 kilometers.
In a statement, police said the dead were two adults aged 69 and 29 and three children aged 7, 5 and a one-year-old.
National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi noted that the incident was first discovered by a hunter who stumbled upon the five bodies.
“It is claimed that the family had left Manhondo village in the Mukumbura area of Mt Darwin on foot on their way to Guruve, a distance of about 200 kilometres on November 3 this month,” Nyathi said.
On Twitter, the police said: “The ZRP reports that bodies of five people aged sixty nine years, twenty nine years, seven years, five years and a one year old minor, were found at Mavuradonha Mountain today by a hunter who then reported to the Police.
“It is claimed that the family had left Manhondo Village, Mukumbura Mt Darwin on foot on their way to Guruve, a distance of about 200km on 03/11/21.”
The mountain is found in the Mavuradonha Wilderness situated in the north-east of Zimbabwe, about 180km from Harare.
The wilderness has important cultural and historical significance including 1 000-year-old rock paintings, clay pot caches, cultivation sites, sacred caves and ancient fortresses of the Monomotapa Empire.
In 1998, it was declared a protected area by the local District Council in recognition of its scenic beauty and conservation value. In 2017 it was declared a National Monument by the Government of Zimbabwe due to its historical and cultural importance. Nehanda Radio
They died of hunger
Michael Kwangwa very possible
Vachiendepiko nhai
Mordai Masvisvi hanzi vaibva kwamai vavo
Kudzie Mudzviti shame
Lyfe soo
200 dzakawandisa
Tinashe Nyasha Mushonga Tine sahwira ariko kuChimbuwe ikoko aifamba netsoka kusvika paCentinary and from there aifamba paMsonedi pafarm rinonzi Chizimani zvaimutorera 2 days apa munhu wechikadzi nanhasi mupenyu ariko. Eish ava hameno zvakaitika chete ipapa zvakaoma zvoupenyu
Jimmy Tsabondo pamwe vakafa nenzara nenyota
Tinashe Nyasha Mushonga Yaa zvakaoma
so touching hey
Maybe they where on prayer mountain .
Garison Mpala did you see where it says they were attempting to walk 200 kilometres?
Shumba Nyamz but they died where.
Pamwe vakarumwa ne rovambira
Pamwe vakarohwa nemheni sezvo kurikunaya kudai.
Miriro Jowa its possible
Nzara nenyota uye 200 km dzakawandisa kumunhu
I have a million dollar question about this issue
Ronald Isheanesu Chafachaipa Ronny mavhuradonha inoyera baba hayipindwe nevaroyi vasina kureurura
Lenin DhidhimuLenin Dhidhimu bedside kuyera bros haaa just take a glance nature in its actual beauty
They broke our ancestral rules inside this mountain rinoyera gomo iro
Jehovah vanhu venyu varikuparara nekushaiwa zivo zvakaoma
vazukuru mwedzi waNovember haudi kuitwa chisakaitwa.
200 km hadziurayi munhu nekufamba.
Unozosvika pakufamba 200km unenge uchimboendepi?
Vaienda kupiko vachibva kupiko haaa zvinorwadza hazvo
Lord have mercy
Mhuri yakabva zvakanaka here kumba
Mukwasha uripi
Maybe vakadzimira vakatanga kungoenda kwavasingazivi
Iwewewo wati at the mountains vamwe vati in the mountains rimwe rikati on the mountains chasara kutoenda tondozvionera tega pavakafira
ummm zvanga zvambodiiko nhai
People though what about staying at home and avoid all this
Zim vanhu garai pasi hama dzangu chiiko? Ndokuda mbiri here nemapisire anoita mugomo umo apa no water to drink haa
Treading on sacred grounds inhabited by dangerous wild animals wasn’t a best idea. A lightning bolt could have struck them .