Mount Nyangani (2,592 m), the highest peak in Zimbabwe, is located in the national park.

The northeastern corner of the district is in the upper watershed of the Gairezi River, which originates on Mt Nyangani and flows northward to meet the Zambezi.

Steep-sided Mt Gurungwe (1,885 m), on the Mozambican border, bounds the Nyamkukawara Valley on the east.

Some of the villages are small landholder growers of coffee, tea and banana plantations.

Large scale commercial plantations produce timber, coffee and tea estates.

In Honde Valley some areas are only accessible only by four-wheel-drive enabled vehicles due to the terrain.

[5] Odzani dam, built in 1967, created Lake Alexander, which is also used for water recreation.

In Honde Valley, water supplied from by a number of small piped systems and motorised pumps serving small towns, growth points, commercial plantations, service centres and some villages, as well as direct abstractions from the rivers by riparian village communities not connected to developed installations.

Up to 90% of the population has Blair pit latrines, and the rest have water-borne sewer system.

[7] Rupinda Secondary School The district has a tertiary institution at Bonda and Honde Valley Mission.

Zimbabwe's public health care is delivered at four levels, which are meant to function as a referral chain.

In recent years as the economy of Zimbabwe has declined, there has been a shortage of drugs and equipment at the hospitals although staffing levels by end of 2010 had improved.

The major diseases that affect the people in the district include diarrhea, TB and malaria.