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Eight are the properties inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Natural: Cape Floral Region Protected Areas in the Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province (it comprises the Cape Peninsula National Park, the Cederberg Wilderness Area, the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, the Boland Mountain Complex, the De Hoop Nature Reserve, the Boosmansbos Nature Reserve, the Swartberg Complex, and the Baviaanskloof) (2004); Greater St Lucia Wetland Park in the KwaZulu-Natal province (1999); Vredefort Dome in the Northwest and Free State provinces (2005). Cultural: Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs in the Gauteng, Limpopo and North-west provinces (1999, 2005); Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape in the Northern Province (2003); Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape in the Northern Cape province (2007); Robben Island in the Western Cape province (1999). Mixed: uKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park in the KwaZulu-Natal province (2000).

In addition between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Modderpoort Sacred Sites in the Free State province (1998); Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, Border Cave, Wonderwerk Cave and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans in the Eastern Cape province (1998); Pilgrim's Rest Reduction Works Industrial Heritage Site in the Mpumalanga Province (2004); Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries in the Northern Cape province (2004); The !Xam Khomani Heartland in the Northern Cape province (2004); Tswaing Meteorite Crater in the Gauteng province (2004); Alexandria Coastal Dunefield in the Eastern Cape province (2004); The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape in the Western Cape province (2004); The Prince Edward Islands (2004).

Sudafrica boasts some of the most beautiful beaches of the world: from the incontaminated Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal, to the Wild Coast in 'Eastern Cape, to the Penguins colony of Boulders Beach in Western Cape, until the sunny beaches of Camps Bay close to Cape Town.

In the zone of the Cape Peninsula, the Mediterranean climate, with warm summers and rainy winters, with the wealth of the soil, has created the ideal conditions for the development, since 17th century, of an important wine area, the Cape, in fact, boasts five wine regions: the coastal region, the Olifants river, the Boberg, the Breede river valley, and the Klein Karoo. 

Sudafrica has always held in great consideration its faunistic and floral patrimony, a unique and unforgettable experience is the visit to the numerous national parks: Addo Elephant National Park, Agulhas National Park, Augrabies Falls National Park, Bontebok National Park, Camdeboo National Park, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Karoo National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Knysna National Lake Area, Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park, Marakele National Park, Mokala National Park, Mountain Zebra National Park, Namaqua National Park, Table Mountain National Park, Tankwa Karoo National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, West Coast National Park, Wilderness National Park, Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be held in nine cities across South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. The World Cup will be host in the following 9 South African cities: Bloemfontein (Mangaung), Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Nelspruit, Polokwane (Pietersburg), Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay), Pretoria (Tshwane), e Rustenburg.
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