PICS: Celebrating our Unesco World Heritage Sites to round off Heritage Month
South Africa is home to 10 remarkable United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) World Heritage Sites that celebrate the country’s unique natural and cultural heritage. Here’s the full list:
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Robben Island
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
- Vredefort Dome
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
Here are some of our favourite photos of these places.
Hippo-gazing in iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
(Image:
westewoud)
The beautiful Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains.
(Image:
Andrew Ashton)
The golden rhino of Mapungubwe is an 800-year-old artefact.
(Image:
South African Tourism)
A view of Robben Island from the mainland.
(Image:
South African Tourism)
The Richtersveld in the Northern Cape.
(Image:
Martin Heigan)
A view of the Drakensberg mountain range.
(Image:
Esther Westerveld)
The Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
(Image:
Maropeng)