Enjoy a full-day guided tour to Mapungubwe National Park. Walk the mountaintop and touch the rock where the first Bantu kingdom stood a thousand years ago at Mapungubwe Hill. This World Heritage Landscape was the capital of a sophisticated and powerful African Kingdom during the period 1220-1290 AD, the first in Southern Africa. It is believed that Mapungubwe was the forerunner to the Great Zimbabwe civilisation. It was on the top of Mapungubwe Hill where the royalty lived and were buried, while it is estimated that up to 5000 commoners lived in a large settlement at the foot of the hill. Archaeological excavations have yielded priceless gold and ivory artefacts, such as ‘Golden Rhino’, is on display in the Mapungubwe Interpretative Centre, which is part of this tour.