Full day tour to Maropeng, Sterkfontein caves and Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve - Cradle of Humankind

Tour to Maropeng, Sterkfontein Caves and Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve

Visit the world renowned Cradle of Humankind and world heritage site on this Johannesburg day tour. The cradle of humankind is situated 50 km from Johannesburg. It contains a complex of limestone caves, including the Sterkfontein Caves, where the 2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus(nicknamed "Mrs Ples") was found in 1947 by Dr Robert Broom. In the Cradle of Humankind area we will visit

 Maropeng - The Maropeng Visitor Centre is an exciting, world-class exhibition, focusing on the development of humans and our ancestors over the past few million years. On arrival, you will see a massive burial mound called the Tumulus, which is your entrance to learning the secrets of our ancestry.

Sterkfontein Caves - Within the caves, scientists have discovered many hominid and other animal fossils, dating back more than 4-million years, to the birth of humanity. The most important and most famous of these fossils are “Mrs Ples”, a 2.3-million-year-old Australopithecus skull, and “Little Foot”, an almost complete Australopithecus skeleton that is more than 3-million years old. These fossils, both found in the Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind, tell us much about the precursors of modern humans, Homo sapiens.

 Rhino and Lion Park - This reserve is home to White Rhinoceros, Lion, Wild Dogs, Cheetah, Steenbuck, Springbuck, Hippopotamus, Black Backed Jackal, Suricate, Warthog, Common Waterbuck, Zebra, Cape Buffalo, Siberian Tiger, Bengal Tiger, White Tiger, White Lion, Blue and Black Wildebeest, Eland Impala, Blesbuck and various other animals and bird life. Situated next to the Rhino and Lion Park is the Wonder Cave. This cave boast an enormous single chamber and one has to enter it by means of a lift.

PRICE : 2-3 People – R1050.00 pp ; 4-12 People - R920.00 pp