Culture & history

Cradle of Humankind & Sterkfontein Cave – Full day

Cradle of Humankind & Sterkfontein Cave – Full day

A full-day visit to Maropeng Visitors Centre and Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind.

Activities

  • Maropeng Visitors Centre - focuses on the development of humans and our ancestors over the past few million years, taking a journey through time from the formation of the planet through the revolutionary processes that culminated in the world as we know it today. Learn how humankind was born and view stone tools up to one million years old on a self-guided, interactive tour.
  • Sterkfontein Caves - a set of limestone caves of special interest in paleoanthropology, located in Gauteng (Muldersdrift). Declared a World Heritage Site in 2000, with numerous early hominin remains found.

From the road

Inside Sterkfontein Caves
Inside Sterkfontein Caves

Locations

MaropengMuldersdriftSouth AfricaThe Gauteng Region

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