Google Map World Heritage sites for South Africa

Main link goes to Google satellite image of area. In most places you can zoom in once, in some places all the way. Use "VR" link for virtual reality tours, "Img" for Google images. Please note, some coordinates have errors. If you find the true coordinates, comment on my blog.

Cape Floral Region Protected Areas: [Img] "A serial site - in Cape Province, South Africa - made up of eight protected areas, covering 553,000-ha. The Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the..." [More]
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park: [Img] "The uKhahlamba - Drakensberg Park has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts. Rolling high..." [More]
Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park: [Img] "The ongoing fluvial, marine and aeolian processes in the site have produced a variety of landforms, including coral reefs, long sandy beaches, coastal dunes, lake systems,..." [More]
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape: [Img] "Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana. It is an open, expansive savannah landscape at the confluence of the..." [More]
Robben Island: [Img] "Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base. Its buildings,..." [More]
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs: [Img] "These sites have produced abundant scientific information on the evolution of the human being over the past 3.5 million years, his way of life, and the animals with which he..." [More]

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