Khami Ruins: UNESCO Heritage of the Torwa Kingdom
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage ruins of Khami — the second capital of the Zimbabwe stone-walling tradition and successor to Great Zimbabwe
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Khami Ruins Site Museum
A small but well-curated museum introducing the state of Torwa who built Khami after the fall of Great Zimbabwe around 1450 AD.
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Hill Complex Dry-Stone Walls
The precision of the drystone construction is extraordinary — courses of dressed granite blocks laid without mortar, still standing after 500 years
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Precipice Platform Viewpoint
The highest terrace overlooks the Khami River and the surrounding bush — the ruler's platform for receiving tribute from surrounding chiefs
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Passage Ruins Complex
A series of interconnected enclosures revealing domestic life in Torwa's capital - storage platforms, cattle sheds and ordinary dwellings
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Crossed cobblestone walls
Khami's distinctive decorative features — herringbone and checkerboard patterns in the stone courses unique to this period of Zimbabwean culture
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Khami River Walk
A shady path along the Khami River below the ruins where sambar monkeys and bushbucks can be seen in the riverine vegetation