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Treat dad to a fabulous Father’s Day at Maropeng
Maropeng is pulling out all the stops to help you spoil dad this Father’s Day (16 June) with a delectable five-course whisky-pairing lunch, as well as a family dinner at the Tumulus restaurant.
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Evolutionary display with glass balls – Cradle of Humankind in photos
Cradle of Humankind Flickr group member Lucille Melville shared this interesting photo of the glass display panel at the Sterkfontein Caves museum.
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Underground boat ride at Maropeng – Cradle of Humankind in photos
Cradle of Humankind Flickr group members Richard+Rachel took this stunning photo of the underground boat ride at Maropeng.
The interactive ride – a firm favourite among Maropeng’s younger fans – takes kids on an adventure through time, starting at the very beginning of everything and moving through the four classical elements: water, air, fire and earth.
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Exquisite Maropeng – a story in pictures
The Magalies Meander Lifestyle Photographic Challenge, which ran from 1 December 2012 to 28 February 2013, is a hotly contested competition with top prizes for those who capture the sights of the Magaliesberg and surrounds on camera.
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Swartkrans walking tour: Book your place today
Maropeng at INDABA 2013
Each year South African Tourism hosts INDABA, a travel trade show that takes place at the Durban ICC in early May. It is one of the most important tourism marketing events in Africa.
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Maropeng encourages learning with MiniMag
Education is one of the key strategies at Maropeng, the official visitor centre for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site that welcomes more than 250 000 learners every year.
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Q&A with Paul Myburgh, author of The Bushman Winter Has Come
Paul Myburgh, photographer and author, spent seven years “physically and spiritually immersed” with the San and the /Gwikwe Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert. His book, The Bushman Winter Has Come, “imagines a continuing journey towards a place where we may, once again, know who we are in the context of our life on this Earth”.
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Dinner with a bone detective
Brendon Billings will be taking the Bone Detectives tour to a different level this year, exploring the brain and behaviour. On May 18 he will host a discussion on “Why big brains?”
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