Sterkfontein

booking@sterkfontein-caves.co.za Tel: 011-956 6340

Sterkfontein, part of the "Cradle of Humankind", a World Heritage Site, is one of the world's most productive and important palaeoanthropological sites. It is the place where the very first adult ape-man was found by Dr Robert Broom in 1936. This ancient cave system has over the years revealed a sequence of deposits with fossils dating from about 3.5 to 1.5 million years ago, a period of time which spans the early development of the family of man-the hominids. In addition to almost 500 skull, jaw, teeth and skeletal fossils of these early hominids, there are many thousands of other animal fossils, over 300 fragments of fossils wood and over 9,000 stone tools which include some of the earliest manifestations of human culture on earth.

One hour guided tours are conducted on the half hour from Tuesday to Sunday.