Admission
Open and closing times
Sterkfontein Caves is open to the public from 09h00 to 17h00 everyday, the last tour departs at 16h00.
Admission fees
Adults: R130
Children (4-14 years): R75
Children under 4: Free
Pensioners/Students: R85 (on production of a valid pensioner/student card)
Combination ticket (Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves)
Adults: R200
Children (4-14 years): R120
Children under 4: Free
Please note: the combination ticket is only available until 1pm, in order for visitors to have enough time to see both exhibitions.
The Maropeng Visitors’ Centre and its restaurants are all wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately, Sterkfontein Caves are not.
Prices are subject to change without prior notice.
Booking is essential for all group and school bookings.
Private tours
Private tours into the caves can be arranged at a minimum fee.
The Sterkfontein Caves has introduced a minimum fee of R1,500 for groups of 20 or less wishing to book an exclusive tour of the caves.
Booking in advance is strongly advised for groups as well as individuals as visitor numbers to the Sterkfontein Caves are limited.
For the enthusiast, tours conducted by scientists can be arranged at an additional cost.
Contact:
Tel: +27 (0) 14 577 9000
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About the caves
The Sterkfontein Caves is one of the richest and most productive paleao-anthropological hominid fossil sites in the world.
It has yielded some of the most valuable and oldest evidence of the origins of humankind ever found, including the 2-million-year-old Mrs Ples, the first complete skull of the Australopithecus genus to be discovered by palaeontologists Dr Robert Broom and John Robinson.
Excavations are still in progress on a full skeleton of an Australopithecus, discovered by Professor Ron Clarke in 1997.
Directions
Visit our map and directions page.
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