• Source: Kromdraai Conservancy

Kromdraai Conservancy is a protected conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It is in the Muldersdrift area not far from Krugersdorp.




Etymology


Its name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.




History


It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the Sterkfontein caves have an extensive number of fossils and dolomite caverns. A well known fossil site is also named Kromdraai and it, along with such sites as Sterkfontein, Coopers, Swartkrans and Plovers Lake form part of the conservancy. Part of the Kromdraai conservancy also falls within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1998.




Places of interest



Wonder Cave
Sterkfontein




See also


Kromdraai, Limpopo
Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve, Kromdraai




References






External links


Official Website of the Cradle of Humankind

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• Kromdraai Conservancy
• Kromdraai fossil site
• Gauteng
• Kromdraai, Limpopo
• List of protected areas of South Africa
• Pygmy owl
• Blue wildebeest
• Stadsaal Caves
• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• Jasov Cave