The Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind is one of South Africa's premier tourist attractions and one of the world's richest hominid fossil sites.
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Sep 13, 2023
The caves were closed Sunday mid day, with no reason posted as to why. Given this is a popular tourist attraction, a bit more customer care would be nice. Further, there is no notification of the…Full review by stuartt557
Jun 1, 2023
The cave is currently closed until July because of flooding as of last December. This is the site where many archeological finds were made of early humans. This makes it one of the most important a…Full review by jbushman2017
Oct 9, 2022
Quite impressive cave and story around the archeological remains found there. The guide tour was very elocuent. The are several school buses coming for a visit during the day with hundreds of childre…Full review by DrCDavisB
The tour itself was about an hour. Just be aware that there are some tight crawl spaces, hence the hard hat you must wear. Also the steps are steep so if you have any physical …
The tour itself was about an hour. Just be aware that there are some tight crawl spaces, hence the hard hat you must wear. Also the steps are steep so if you have any physical challenges, I do not recommend this tour!
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