Jumba la Mtwana Ruins

Jumba la Mtwana is a picturesque ancient ruins village situated in Kilifi County lying on the Mtwapa Creek and extends along the shore for a distance of about 300 meters and 250 meters inland. Jumba la Mtwana means ‘Big House of Slaves’ and locals believe the town was once an important slave port. The remains of buildings, with their exposed foundations for mangrove beam poles, ablution tanks, floors caked with millipedes and swarms of safari ants, and the twisting arms of 600-year-old trees – leftover from what may have been a nearby kaya – are quite magical. It paints a picture of lost treasures, ghosts, pirates, and abandoned cities.