Maloti-Drakensberg Park
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii), (vii), (x).
Region
Africa
Lesotho, South Africa
Inscribed
2000
Area
249,313 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Maloti-Drakensberg Park is about 100 km west of Pietermaritzburg. The nearest other World Heritage site is Modern Human Origins, South Africa, about 160 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Pietermaritzburg · about 751,000 peopleabout 100 km east
- Qacha's Nek · about 26,000 peopleabout 100 km south-west
- Ladysmith · about 47,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Hlotse · about 48,000 peopleabout 140 km north-west
- Durban · about 2,729,000 peopleabout 160 km east
- Port Shepstone · about 53,000 peopleabout 170 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South AfricaCultural164 km away
South AfricaNatural353 km away
South AfricaNatural357 km away
South AfricaCultural425 km away
South AfricaCultural430 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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