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supporting various local music ensembles and projects. Visitors are entertained
to live performances while events such as the annual ATKV-Oesfees (harvest
festival) are also held here. An annual ATKV-Oesfees highlight is a performance
by winners of the ATKV Riel Dance Final – the riel dancers were featured in
the previous edition of MzanziTravel. Next time you visit the Winelands of the
Cape, be sure to include this hidden gem.
Contact: Solms-Delta Tel + 27 (0)21 874 3937; Website www.solms-delta.co.za;
or Email info@solms-delta.co.za.
Maropeng…welcoming Homo naledi
back to the Cradle of Humankind
An amazing new addition to Maropeng’s brand new exhibition space, The
Gallery, at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site near Johannesburg,
is the astonishing ‘Almost Human’ Exhibition. This world first exhibit tracks
the incredible story of the Rising Star cave and the extraordinary discovery
of a new hominin species made by Professor Lee Berger of the University of
Witwatersrand. Apart from this exhibition there is much else to do and enjoy at
Maropeng as you embark on a fascinating journey going back millions of years
in time to the origin of all humans who now inhabit our planet.
Join the journey. From the discovery itself; to the ongoing research on this new
hominin, you can be part of this fascinating story that has gripped the world.
Visit the original Homo naledi exhibition to view this find and the brand new
discovery all at Maropeng, which opened on the 25th May 2017.The 2,500sqm
interactive exhibition comes complete with an underground lake boat ride and
a vortex to take you through the big bang experience that changed the world
millions of years ago. All tours are guided and open at 09h00 with the last tour
departing at 16h00.
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