UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa
South Africa has 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 7 cultural and 3 natural.
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- Sites
- 10
- Countries
- 1
- Cultural
- 7
- Natural
- 3
- Mixed
- 0
- Inscription years
- 1999–2024
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10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains — South Africa · Natural · 2018
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas — South Africa · Natural · 2004
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa — South Africa · Cultural · 1999
- Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites — South Africa · Cultural · 2024
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape — South Africa · Cultural · 2003
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape — South Africa · Cultural · 2007
- Robben Island — South Africa · Cultural · 1999
- The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa — South Africa · Cultural · 2024
- Vredefort Dome — South Africa · Natural · 2005
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape — South Africa · Cultural · 2017
Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights