The world-renowned Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site has introduced a minimum fee of R1500 for groups of 20 or less wishing to book an exclusive tour of the caves. Smaller groups are welcome to join the scheduled guided tours open to the public departing every hour at the standard rate of R75 per adult, R55 for pensioners and R40 for children.

Booking in advance is strongly advised for groups as well as individuals as visitor numbers to the Sterkfontein Caves are limited.

The Sterkfontein Caves is one of the richest and most productive paleao-anthropological hominid fossil sites in the world. It has yielded some of the most valuable and oldest evidence of the origins of humankind ever found, including the 2-million-year-old Mrs Ples, the first complete skull of the Australopithecus genus to be discovered by palaeontologists Dr Robert Broom and John Robinson. Excavations are still in progress on a full skeleton of an Australopithecus, discovered by Professor Ron Clarke in 1997. It is anticipated that the excavation will be completed later this year.

The caves are open daily from 9am to 5pm and the last guided tour departs at 4pm.Click here to Book