The awesome Ha Kome cave houses of Lesotho’s Berea District are surely one of the most striking wonders in the country.
Carved directly from the rock faces of the surrounding mountains, they can be found hiding between the valleys close to the village of Mateka.
A truly earthy and interesting look at traditional family living in this part of Africa, the structures are still inhabited by the descendants of those who built them almost 200 years ago.
In every year theres a 120 kms = days day s of walking and recognised ,as the Kings walk= Kind Moshoe1
Come and meet the cave dwellers and take a tour of the on-site Ha Kome Visitors Centre, which unravels the heritage of these curious highland settlements.
The Ha Kome Caves are one of the most curious places you can visit in Lesotho and have been classified as a World Heritage Site. These caves consist of five cave houses made of mud built inside a large cavern. Kome Caves are also known as Komaisa Caves or “the great caves”.
There are different versions about the origin of these caves, but what is clear is that they served as a refuge for different tribal groups escaping from the battles that originated in the 19th century and from the cannibal population who is said to have lived in this area and to have terrified everyone who passed by. In addition, this area was also historically inhabited by the San population.
Today, in these five cave houses that are the descendants of the ancient inhabitants who lived there, there is still a family like Mamutunusi, an old woman whom we were able to meet and who invited us to enter her house which is built in the cave. There, you will be able to see the ancient hideout of at least 3 different tribal groups that established their refuge there.
