Maropeng Visitor Centre in Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng

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Maropeng Visitor Centre (Cradle of Humankind)

Categories: Cultural Sites / Family Entertainment / Wheelchair Friendly
Price group: R1 to R100 per person (see other things to do in this price group)
Available in the following region(s): Cradle of Humankind / West Rand

Address: Maropeng Visitor Centre, Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng.
Telephone: +27 (0)14 577-9000
Opening hours: Open Daily from 09h00 to 17h00. The last boat ride departs at 16h00.

Exhibition at Maropeng

Visit the visitor centre for The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in Gauteng, South Africa. Maropeng, the new visitor centre for the Cradle of Humankind, is the place local and tourists are clamouring to see and experience. Tour 2500m² of exhibits with an underground boat ride. See fossils, learn about how humankind was born, view stone tools up to 1-million years old, and much, much more.

This internationally acclaimed tourist attraction highlights, by means of interactive, visually stunning exhibits, the universal relevance of the Cradle of Humankind as our ancestral home. An exciting boat ride takes you back 3-billion years through the elements that kickstarted life on the planet and your journey continues through a 150m interactive 'virtual cave'

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