Sitios arqueológicos de Thulamela: Thulamela es un sitio con paredes de piedra ubicado en la región norte del parque y data de entre 450 y 500 años. Comprende evidencia de la cultura de Zimbabwe y está vinculada a las mundialmente famosas Ruinas de Mapungubwe. Cuando Gran Zimbabwe fue abandonado, varios grupos se trasladaron al sur […]
Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Museum (Skukuza Rest Camp, Parque Nacional Kruger, Phalaborwa, Limpopo): el centro de recursos de conocimiento se encuentra en Skukuza, el campamento de descanso más grande del Parque Nacional Kruger. Consiste en una biblioteca y un museo y contiene muchos artefactos fascinantes, libros y documentos valiosos que representan la vida y los tiempos de […]
Museo Nacional de Historia Militar (22 Erlswold Way, Randburg): ubicado en la parte norte de Johannesburgo, este museo, que inicialmente destacó la participación de Sudáfrica en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se amplió para cubrir conflictos posteriores que involucraron a las fuerzas armadas del país (conocido como SADF – Fuerzas de Defensa de Sudáfrica). Tales conflictos […]
Masorini Village Museum (12 km from the Phalaborwa Gate, Valley of the Olifants, Limpopo) — Evidence of early man from the late Iron Age can be found at a site on a prominent hill just 12 km. from the Phalaborwa gate on the tar road to Letaba rest camp. The site was inhabited by […]
Mandela Family Museum (8115 Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg) –– this museum strives to be a world-class visitor attraction, and a leading center for the preservation, presentation, and research of the history, heritage and legacy of the Mandela Family. The mission of Mandela House is to provide an effective, efficient and meaningful experience to all […]
Letaba Elephant Museum (Letaba Rest Camp, Kruger National Park) — this museum covers elephant evolution, biology, behavior, ecology and research. It also showcases the ivory of eight of Kruger’s greatest tuskers (including six of the Magnificent Seven). This site introduces you to these, and some of Kruger’s other big tuskers. It also has fun and […]
Inyoka Art Gallery (intersection of R527 and R531, Hoedspruit, Maruleng Municipality) – this is a gallery that features the work of people living, working and creating in and around Hoedspruit in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Run by the community, for the community, most of the work shown on this gallery is for sale. More info […]
Foskor Mine Museum (Koper Street, Phalaborwa 1390, Limpopo) –– this museum is dedicated to celebrating the rich, long-standing mining history of the region and the important part this industry has played in terms of the local economy and international recognition. Foskor provides insights into the mining history of Phalaborwa, both ancient and recent, and […]
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (432 Paul Kruger Street, Pretoria) – formerly know, as the Transvaal Museum, this building contains large collections of Plio-Pleistocene fossils, (including hominids from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai in the Cradle of Humankind), as well as late Permian therapsids (mammal-like reptiles from the Karoo). In addition, the museum holds very […]
Constitution Hill (11 Kotze Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg) – this is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, established on the site of the Johannesburg Fort (built as a fortress in 1898 and later converted to one of the country’s most notorious prisons – popularly known as “Number Four”). There, political prisoners were […]