Visitors to the Cradle of Humankind who prioritise sustainable tourism and travel now can be assured of Maropeng’s status as a Fair Trade Tourism entity across the board – whether they’re visiting the ...

Travel isn’t always about crossing long distances, passport stamps or even trying something different – the experience is all that matters. And in the age of photo-based social media, that experience ...

The Cradle of Humankind is an unassuming rolling vista, just an hour’s drive from both Johannesburg and Petoria. But it’s what has been hidden underneath the 180 square kilometres of scrubland for ...

Cape Town - The awe-inspiring new species discovered at the Cradle of Humankind, Homo Naledi - directly linked to the human gene pool - will be open to the public for the next month from 11 September ...

I first visited the Sterkfontein Caves 10 years ago. I recall a tatty café serving limited fare: toasted sandwiches, chips and hot dogs, situated quite close to the caves. That's all gone now. In its ...

"This is the first time that Mrs Ples will be returning to Maropeng since the centre's opening eight years ago," said Tony Rubin, MD of Maropeng. And this time a selection of other very important ...

A small cave nestled in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site has become the backdrop for one of the most compelling stories in the world - the discovery of a new ancient human relative, Homo ...

As the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is set in a predominantly Setswana speaking part of South Africa, it is fitting to give the Visitor Centre a local name and it has been officially named ...