iSimangaliso Wetland Park | |
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Location: KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
The sub-tropical paradise of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park is a mind-blowing range of natural systems, varying from dune, swamp and coastal forests to rocky and sandy shores, coral reefs and submarine canyons, mangroves, savanna grassland, thickets, woodlands, and is the largest protected wetland in southern Africa, it is also a culturally fascinating area and - more importantly - has immense fun potential ... Read more |
Robben Island | |
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Location: 12 km from Cape Town, South Africa
This famous little windswept island has captured hearts and minds around the globe in recent history. Most well known as the place where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, Robben Island is a symbol of the triumph of love over hate, forgiveness over revenge and of justice over oppression. It was here that Nelson Mandela formulated his notions of forgiveness. Read more |
Cradle of Humankind | |
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Location: Gauteng, South Africa
The Cradle of Humankind is a place of major significance for it was here that we first became human. Apparently it was here that we first stood upright on our own two, rather oddly shaped, feet, explored the uses to which we could put our usefully opposed thumbs, and experimented with more and more sophisticated grunts as we tried to make sense of our environment... Read more |
uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park | |
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Location: KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Preserved in the dramatic Drakensberg mountains are beautiful archaeological treasures on cave walls and rock shelters - hundreds of exquisite rock art paintings that tell the story of the San, an ancient hunter-gatherer society that lived there until more recent time... Read more |
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape | |
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Location: Limpopo, South Africa
The fascinating remains of the ancient city state of Mapungubwe in the Limpopo Province show sophisticated metal working, the earliest known confirmation of social stratification, and also evidence of trade with Arabia and Asia... Read more |
Cape Floral Region | |
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Location: Western Cape, South Africa
The Cape Floral Region is one of the hottest spots for global plant diversity. More than 8 500 plant species thrive in this narrow coastal strip, the smallest and richest of the world’s six floral regions... Read more |
Vredefort Dome | |
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Location: Free State, South Africa
The Vredefort Dome is the site of the largest and most ancient visible meteorite impact, the scars of which are still discernable in the spectacular, rather rugged terrain... Read more |
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape | |
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Location: Northern Cape, South Africa
nscribed as the eighth World Heritage Site in South Africa (2007), the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape is a remarkable mountainous desert in the north-west of the country that is uniquely ... Read more |
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