Two to three days is enough for the city itself. See the National Gallery and Harare Gardens downtown, the giraffes at Mukuvisi Woodlands and the stone carvings at Chapungu, then add a half-day trip to the rock paintings at Domboshava or the balancing rocks at Epworth.

Salisbury became Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence. The new name came from the village of the Shona chief Neharawa near the Kopje hill, whose nickname meant 'he who does not sleep'. The colonial name had honored British prime minister Lord Salisbury.

It is Domboremari, a stack of three boulders among the Chiremba Balancing Rocks in Epworth, on the southeastern edge of Harare. The formation has appeared on Zimbabwean banknotes since 1981 and forms the logo of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. It sits a short drive from the city center.