Zimbabwe's Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe
Just 28km southeast of Masvingo, discover the mysterious remains of a great medieval African kingdom. The Monomotapa Empire, dating from 1450 to 1629, ruled over an advanced African civilization. Some of the largest and most ancient remains in sub Saharan Africa, the Great Zimbabwe ruins offer an insightful glimpse into what was one of the finest civilizations of its day. Estimates determine that the city housed as many as 18,000 inhabitants within this city of stone, its ruins now extending 7sqkm in diameter.
Explore the ruins of this great city whose abandonment remains a mystery and imagine a world thousands of years previous.
