The Kome Caves in the district of Berea, Lesotho - in pictures

The caves are mud dwellings classified as a national heritage site

Makoenweo, 60, left, and Mamtsaseng Khutsoane, 66, second left, residents of the Kome Caves site. The mud dwellings in Berea, Lesotho, classified as a national heritage site, originally served as a hideout for the Basia and Bataung clans during the 19th-century Mfecane Wars. All photos: AFP

An aerial view of the cave site.

Malefakome, 54, is a resident of the Kome Caves site.

The caves were also used as a hideout by the tribes fleeing from attacks by cannibals.

Ndlovu, 40, a resident of the site, poses with a rooster in front of the dwellings.

The Kome Caves site in the district of Berea, Lesotho.

Makoenweo and Mamtsaseng Khutsoane outside the caves.

Malefakome, 54, in her home at the site.

A herder drives his cattle through the Kome Caves site in the Pulane area of Berea district.

Ndlovu, 40, a resident of the site, quarrelling with a rooster in front of the dwellings.

A resident of the Kome Caves site looks out over the valley in front of the dwellings.

Ndlovu, right, bends down to pass through a doorframe to access one of the dwellings.

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