Subject of a PPP competition, Maropeng, at the Cradle of Humankind is a facility some 8km away from the more sensitive Sterkfontein caves. It has been set up there to enable visitors to explore the many findings in this country’s rich paleontological history in a relatively relaxed environment and free from the strictures of the more fossil abundant areas of this World heritage Site.

The complex comprises: Market;Entrance ‘Tumulus’ Underground Lake leading to an underground Museum; conference centre and other facilities.

This development is a 24-bedroomed Boutique Hotel adjacent to a nearby shallow gorge and which eventually opens out in the northwestto spectacular views of roaming buck on ranging hills.