UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa

Africa has 117 UNESCO World Heritage Sites across 44 countries: 67 cultural, 45 natural, and 5 mixed.

Explore 117 UNESCO World Heritage Sites across 44 countries in Africa. Discover cultural, natural and mixed heritage, then collect the places you've…

Sites: 117
Countries: 44
Cultural: 67
Natural: 45
Mixed: 5
Inscription years: 1978–2026

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117 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo — Angola · Cultural · 2017
Royal Palaces of Abomey — Benin · Cultural · 1985
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex — Benin · Natural · 1996
Okavango Delta — Botswana · Natural · 2014
Tsodilo — Botswana · Cultural · 2001
Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso · Cultural · 2019
Royal Court of Tiébélé — Burkina Faso · Cultural · 2024
Ruins of Loropéni — Burkina Faso · Cultural · 2009
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande — Cabo Verde · Cultural · 2009
Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains — Cameroon · Cultural · 2025
Dja Faunal Reserve — Cameroon · Natural · 1987
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park — Central African Republic · Natural · 1988
Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape — Chad · Mixed · 2016
Lakes of Ounianga — Chad · Natural · 2012
The Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the Comoros — Comoros · Cultural · 2026
Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua — Congo · Natural · 2023
Sangha Trinational — Congo · Natural · 2012
Comoé National Park — Côte d'Ivoire · Natural · 1983
Historic Town of Grand-Bassam — Côte d'Ivoire · Cultural · 2012
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire — Côte d'Ivoire · Cultural · 2021
Taï National Park — Côte d'Ivoire · Natural · 1982
Garamba National Park — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Natural · 2026
Kahuzi-Biega National Park — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Natural · 1980
Okapi Wildlife Reserve — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Natural · 1996
Salonga National Park — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Natural · 1984
Virunga National Park — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Natural · 1979
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields — Egypt · Cultural · 1979
Asmara: A Modernist African City — Eritrea · Cultural · 2017
Aksum — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1980
Bale Mountains National Park — Ethiopia · Natural · 2023
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1979
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town — Ethiopia · Cultural · 2006
Konso Cultural Landscape — Ethiopia · Cultural · 2011
Lower Valley of the Awash — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1980
Lower Valley of the Omo — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1980
Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia — Ethiopia · Cultural · 2024
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1978
Simien National Park — Ethiopia · Natural · 1978
The Gedeo Cultural Landscape — Ethiopia · Cultural · 2023
Tiya — Ethiopia · Cultural · 1980
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda — Gabon · Mixed · 2007
Ivindo National Park — Gabon · Natural · 2021
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites — Gambia · Cultural · 2003
Stone Circles of Senegambia — Gambia · Cultural · 2006
Asante Traditional Buildings — Ghana · Cultural · 1980
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions — Ghana · Cultural · 1979
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve — Guinea · Natural · 1981
Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô — Guinea-Bissau · Natural · 2025
Fort Jesus, Mombasa — Kenya · Cultural · 2011
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley — Kenya · Natural · 2011
Lake Turkana National Parks — Kenya · Natural · 1997
Lamu Old Town — Kenya · Cultural · 2001
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest — Kenya · Natural · 1997
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests — Kenya · Cultural · 2008
The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi — Kenya · Cultural · 2024
Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site — Kenya · Cultural · 2018
Maloti-Drakensberg Park — Lesotho · Mixed · 2000
Andrefana Dry Forests — Madagascar · Natural · 1990
Rainforests of the Atsinanana — Madagascar · Natural · 2007
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga — Madagascar · Cultural · 2001
Chongoni Rock-Art Area — Malawi · Cultural · 2006
Lake Malawi National Park — Malawi · Natural · 1984
Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape — Malawi · Cultural · 2025
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) — Mali · Mixed · 1989
Old Towns of Djenné — Mali · Cultural · 1988
Timbuktu — Mali · Cultural · 1988
Tomb of Askia — Mali · Cultural · 2004
Aapravasi Ghat — Mauritius · Cultural · 2006
Le Morne Cultural Landscape — Mauritius · Cultural · 2008
Medina of Marrakesh — Morocco · Cultural · 1985
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park — Mozambique · Natural · 1999
Island of Mozambique — Mozambique · Cultural · 1991
Namib Sand Sea — Namibia · Natural · 2013
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes — Namibia · Cultural · 2007
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves — Niger · Natural · 1991
Historic Centre of Agadez — Niger · Cultural · 2013
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove — Nigeria · Cultural · 2005
Sukur Cultural Landscape — Nigeria · Cultural · 1999
Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero — Rwanda · Cultural · 2023
Nyungwe National Park — Rwanda · Natural · 2023
The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration — Sao Tome and Principe · Cultural · 2026
Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes — Senegal · Cultural · 2012
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary — Senegal · Natural · 1981
Gorée Island — Senegal · Cultural · 1978
Island of Saint-Louis — Senegal · Cultural · 2000
Niokolo-Koba National Park — Senegal · Natural · 1981
Saloum Delta — Senegal · Cultural · 2011
Aldabra Atoll — Seychelles · Natural · 1982
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve — Seychelles · Natural · 1983
Gola-Tiwai Complex — Sierra Leone · Natural · 2025
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
Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape — South Sudan · Natural · 2026
Ngorongoro Conservation Area — Tanzania · Mixed · 1979
Serengeti National Park — Tanzania · Natural · 1981
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba — Togo · Cultural · 2004
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — Uganda · Natural · 1994
Rwenzori Mountains National Park — Uganda · Natural · 1994
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi — Uganda · Cultural · 2001
Kilimanjaro National Park — United Republic of Tanzania · Natural · 1987
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites — United Republic of Tanzania · Cultural · 2006
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara — United Republic of Tanzania · Cultural · 1981
Selous Game Reserve — United Republic of Tanzania · Natural · 1982
Stone Town of Zanzibar — United Republic of Tanzania · Cultural · 2000
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls — Zambia · Natural · 1989
Great Zimbabwe National Monument — Zimbabwe · Cultural · 1986
Khami Ruins National Monument — Zimbabwe · Cultural · 1986
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas — Zimbabwe · Natural · 1984
Matobo Hills — Zimbabwe · Cultural · 2003

Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights