Sebakwe Recreational Park is situated in the Midlands of Zimbabwe and the Sebakwe River flows to the west and has forced a narrow defile through the Great Dyke.
Initially built as a small dam, an enlargement project was undertaken in 1981 with the main wall including the spillway being lengthened from 225 metres to 305 metres and the maximum height of the dam was raised to 47.2 metres. This dramatically increased the size of the lake and the maximum depth of the water increased to 39.4 metres and the surface area of the water body became 2,600 hectares making it one of the largest inland dams in Zimbabwe.