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(4) Gleneagles Substation of Nyanga National Park, accessed via the Circular Drive, Kwaraguza Road and the Gleneagles road or from [[Troutbeck, Manicaland|Troutbeck]] via [[Nyafaru]].

 

[[Image:nyangani from nyamuziwa source.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Mount Nyangani from the west. The falls in the middle ground are on the upper Nyamuziwa River and the Tourist Path ascends to their right. The start of the Tourist Path is in the lower right of the picture. The route from the Mountain Club of Zimbabwe hut is on the far side of the skyline ridge on the left of the picture.]]The peak can be reached within 1–3 hours by anyone of average fitness. This ascent brings the hiker to an altitude of about 2200m and the remainder is mostly walking across the gentler gradients of the summit plateau. The hazards here are produced by bewilderingly fast weather changes that can switch from sunny skies to thick fog, and under these conditions several fatalities have occurred due to hikers losing their way and falling down ravines. There are three ascents that follow paths:

 

The above are all walks or scrambles, without rock climbing involved. However, caution is advised, especially on unmarked routes, as the weather may change very rapidly: descent of cloud can result in visibility of less than 50 m. This may well be the cause for a number of disappearances on the mountain, such as that of two teenage children of the then Minister of Finance, Tichaendepi Masaya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mount Nyangani|url=http://www.mauya.co.zw/index.php?view=article&id=60:magazine&option=com_content&Itemid=67|accessdate=2009-12-30}}</ref>

 

[[Image:nyama falls.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Nyama Falls.]]

Three rivers have their sources on Mount Nyangani: the Nyamuziwa River, the Kairezi (Gairezi) River and the [[Pungwe River]]. The first two are tributaries of the Mazowe River, which is itself a tributary of the [[Zambezi River]].

Iron Age ruins have been found on Little Nyangani and on a hill west of the summit, the latter better-preserved,<ref>{{cite book|author=Garlake, P.S.|year=1965|title=A guide to the antiquities of Inyanga|publisher=Historical Monuments Commission of Rhodesia|asin=B0007JZPWM}}</ref> but not on the summit plateau itself.

 

The film ''Mysteries of Mount Inyangani'' looks at some of the mysteries and myths about the mountain.<ref>{{Cite video| people = Ingrid Sinclair, Joel Phiri| title = Mysteries of Mount Inyangani| url = http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/php/showfilm.php?id=24181| medium = | publisher = | location = Zimbabwe| date = 1999| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004955/http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/php/showfilm.php?id=24181| archivedate = 2011-07-20| df = }}</ref>