Monchique Guest House - Muldersdrift Gauteng

Monchique Guest House is a luxurious 4 star award winning country retreat that offers affordable holiday, wedding and business accommodation. They pride themselves on top-class amenities and service delivered with a special personal touch. The accent is on luxury, hospitality and friendliness – which you will experience from the moment you arrive.

All functions are welcome at Monchique! From intimate weddings to conferences, brainstorming sessions, birthday parties, baby showers, yearend events and farewell dinners. No function is too small.

They are minutes from the city, yet miles away in terms of the serene tranquillity of their rural surroundings. You’ll find us in Muldersdrift - nestled on the edge of the Cradle of Mankind, a world heritage site. Monchique are readily accessible by well-established roads, only about 40 minutes from Sandton and Pretoria. Lanseria International Airport is also nearby while the popular Cradlestone Mall and Silverstar Casino, are a mere 10 minutes away. Fourways shopping mall and Monte Casino being less than 20 minutes away.

Are you looking for a venue to host your corporate function, yearend function, product launch, baby shower, birthday party or anniversary?  Let Monchique take care of all your needs with our excellent service and attention to detail, so that you get to relax and enjoy your special occasion.

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World Heritage Sites of South Africa: Cradle of Humankind

South Africa has eight World Heritage Sites. Here is the first of eight articles, describing these sites.

Cradle of Humankind

The Cradle of Humankind, situated in the beautiful Sterkfontein Valley near Johannesburg was proclaimed a World Heritage Sit on 2 December 1999. It was approved by UNESCO on the basis that: “The area contains an exceptionally large and scientifically significant group of sites, which throw light on the earliest ancestors of humankind. They constitute a vast reserve of scientific information, the potential of which is enormous.”

It comprises a unique band of paleco-anthropological sites across 47 000 hectares in the north-western corner of Gauteng and parts of North West Province. It has yielded some of the most extensive fossil and artifact finds on earth, particularly for the period between four and one million years ago, leading scientists to believe that the human family tree took root here.

Over time, these first people used their free hands to shape the first tool, which would herald global technology, spoke the first word and slowly migrated on a journey to populate the earth. 

There are 13 explored sites within the Cradle of Humankind; with many more still to be discovered. Among these are the Strekfontein Caves, where the famous Mars Ples and Little Foot fossils were found; Kromdraai which contains later hominid specimens; Gondolin, which is home to an astonishing 90 000 fossil specimens; and Swartkrans, where burnt bones point to the earliest controlled use of fire at least a million years ago. 

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