01 SOUTH AFRICA
THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND
Heading northwest, an hour's drive from the concrete jungle called Jo'burg, you're hit with a throwback of epic proportions: a heritage site that was already thousands of millennia in the making when the Julian calendar registered AD 1. The destination is the Cradle of Humankind, one of the world's most important palaeoanthropological sites. Leaning on the Maropeng centre's world-class exhibitions (including life-sized replicas of skeletons), the guides deserve kudos for making the journey in time both understandable and interesting. The
