🏨 The Cradle of Humankind Experience Activity

The Cradle of Humankind Experience

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From $150.98

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Departs: Johannesburg, Johannesburg

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

Being a Member and an Ambassador at the Cradle, we are fully qualified to offer this experience! We guarantee customer satisfaction during the this experience.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

What's Not Included

Food and Drinks at an extra cost

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 1 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 12
YOUTH: Age: 13 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 50
SENIOR: Age: 51 - 65

Additional Info

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

The Cradle of Humankind

Maropeng, the official visitor centre for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, houses an array of fascinating artefacts and research relating to human ancestry. Maropeng is the Setswana word for “returning to the place of origin”.

The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is an area of outstanding universal value. Its complex of fossil-bearing caves contains a superbly preserved record of the stages in the evolution of humankind over the past 4-million years. It’s the world’s richest early hominin site and is home to around 40% of the world’s known human-ancestor fossils.

The recent unveiling of Homo naledi, a previously undiscovered species, put the Cradle of Humankind back in the global spotlight. According to Wits University findings, it appears Homo naledi deliberately disposed of its dead, behaviour that was previously thought to be limited to humans.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Sterkfontein Cave

The Sterkfontein Caves are world-famous for their fossil finds and are a popular visitor destination. You can experience walkways and a boardwalk past the excavation site where globally acclaimed fossils have been discovered. The Sterkfontein Caves are owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, whose scientists have been responsible for the main excavations at this World Heritage Site. They are credited with many of the most notable discoveries in the caves, including the world-famous fossils of Mrs Ples and Little Foot, the later being an almost complete Australopithecus skeleton dating back more than three million years.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

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