The undeveloped 3 046 acre Umzingwane Recreational Park is situated 23.6 miles south-east of Bulawayo. It is based on the Umzingwane Dam and has limited wildlife and some good birdlife. It provides an important recreational facility for watersports such as angling and boating within easy reach of Bulawayo but there are no accommodation facilities.
Umzingwane was designated a Private Game Reserve in 1968 and subsequently a Recreational Park in under the Parks and Wild Life Act (1975).