Heritage and fossil sites of South Africa
Caves, fossil beds and archaeological landscapes protected for their heritage value, including the Cradle of Humankind.
- Listed
- 15
- With a size
- 10
- Combined size
- 23 km²
- Provinces
- 5
By province
15 shown
| Name | Type | Province | Municipality | Area, km² | Est. | Nearest town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Makapansgat | Protected heritage site | LP Limpopo | — | 22,2 | — | 41 km south-west of Polokwane |
| Bolt's Farm | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,4 | — | 38 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 Plovers Lake | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,1 | — | 37 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 Coopers Cave | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,1 | — | 37 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 Drimolen | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,0 | — | 39 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 Gondolin Cave | Protected heritage site | NW North West | — | 0,0 | — | 39 km west of Pretoria |
| Haasgat | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,0 | — | 41 km west of Pretoria |
 Gladysvale Cave | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,0 | — | 45 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 Motsetsi | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,0 | — | 39 km north-west of Johannesburg |
| Minnaar's Caves | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | 0,0 | — | 36 km north-west of Johannesburg |
| Mzamba Fossil beds | Protected heritage site | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | — | — | 48 km south-west of Port Shepstone |
| Paternoster Midden | Protected heritage site | WC Western Cape | — | — | — | 23 km north of Saldanha |
 Sterkfontein | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | — | — | 38 km north-west of Johannesburg |
| Swartkrans | Protected heritage site | GP Gauteng | — | — | — | 40 km north-west of Johannesburg |
 West Coast Fossil Park | Protected heritage site | WC Western Cape | Saldanha Bay | — | — | 17 km east of Saldanha |