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Let me delay no longer and present the seven World Heritage Sites in South Africa:

Cradle of Humankind:

Is situated about 50 kilometres northsouthwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Cradle of Humankind contains a whole bunch of limestone caves, including the Sterkfontein Caves. This is where the 2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed “Mrs Ples”) was found in 1947.

Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park

Is situated on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa about 275 km North of Durban. The Wetland Park is SA’s third-largest protected area, covers 280 kilometres of coastline and is made up of around 3,280 km² of pristine natural ecosystems.

Robben Island

The Island was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. I have personally visited Robben Island (Trans: Island of Seals) and it is truly an experience to behold. If you are in CT or going there soon do yourself a favour and make the trip. You will saturate your brain with heritage and history like you cannot imagine!

Drakensburg

Everyone in SA knows about the Drakensburg. At one point or another we have all been dragged there by our parents and disliked the thought immensely. Only to realise in our aged wisdom that the Drakensburg is one of the most beautiful and peaceful places that one can visit in the world.
They are located in the eastern part of South Africa, running for some 1,000 km (600 mi) generally southwest to northeast.

Mapungubwe

This city marked the center of a pre-Shona kingdom which covered parts of modern-day Botswana and Zimbabwe. It fell one fine day and was rediscoverd in 1932 by someone very old now! There is also a national park in Mapungubwe. From the official site:

Mapungubwe National Park is the ideal location for anyone interested in the park’s wildlife and birds, to those in search of serenity, identity and the extraordinary history of this World Heritage Site…

Cape Floral Region

Fynbos is the natural shrubland vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate.

Vredefort crater

The asteroid that hit Vredefort is one of the largest to ever impact Earth, estimated at over 10 km (6 miles) wide, although it is believed by many that the original size of the impact structure could have been 250 km in diameter, or possibly larger. This makes Vredefort the largest known impact structure on Earth.

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