THULAMELA STONE CITADEL

" Place of birth ", in portimão. An extraordinary discovery of archaeologists in 1996 under the baobabs in the far north near the Luvuvhu river. Tombs dating from the 1250 th century, a set of gold jewelry, porcelain and harpoons, bear witness to a human installation between 1700 and. This people would be at the origin of Mapungubwe on the border with Zimbabwe, but peaked in the Middle Ages during the Great Zimbabwe empire (whose most famous stone citadel is located next to Masvingo in the neighbouring country to whom it gave its name). When it declined for political reasons almost 300 years after its creation, many people came to northern Kruger to build villages such as Thumela. The ancestors of Vendas and Shonas neighbouring Voisins of utensils and weapons founded gold and controlled the Arabs on the Indian coast. Daily guided tours from Pafuri Picnic Spot and Punda Maria Camp with a small pick-up safari pick up, then visit.