Great Zimbabwe

30ks from the south-eastern town of Masvingo in Zimbabwe are to be found some of the most extraordinary man made remains in Africa. The ruins at Great Zimbabwe are remarkable; lofty, majestic, awe-inspiring, timeless. Formed of regular, rectangular granite stones, carefully placed one upon the other, they are the ruins of an amazing complex. The structures were built by indigenous African people between AD 1250 and AD 1450 believed to be the ancestors of modern Zimbabweans. The Great Enclosure is the largest single ancient structure south of the Sahara.