Protected conservation park in South Africa
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 ,[ 1] 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
Sterkfontein caves
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