African Natural World Heritage Sites

There are 45 natural world heritage sites in Africa, including four on the islands of Madagascar (2 sites) and the Seychelles (2 sites), and five that are listed under the Convention’s cultural (as well as natural) criteria. They are spread across the continent from the Cape to Cairo and cover every bio-geographical region.  Discover each biome by exploring its world heritage sites through the links below…. from the golden sands of the Sahara desert……to the continent’s highest peaks…..through the Great Rift Valley…..and into the Strange Worlds of the Cape Floral Region and Madagascar.

DESERTS

• Ennedi Massif - Chad

• Namib Sand Sea - Namibia

• Lakes Of Ounianga - Chad

• Air Tenere - Niger

• Tassili N'ajjer National Park - Algeria

 

EARTH'S CRUST

• Vredefort Dome - South Africa

• Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe and Zambia

• Land of the Dogons - Mali

• Wadi Al Hitan - Whale Valley Egypt

FORESTS

• Sangha Trinational – CAR, Cameroon & Congo

• Okapi Wildlife Reserve - DR Congo

• Dja Faunal Reserve - Cameroon

• Tai Forest National Park - Cote D'ivoire

• Lope-Okanda National Park - Gabon

• Salonga National Park - DR Congo

GREAT RIFT

• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya)

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - Uganda

• Virunga National Park - DR Congo

• Kahuzi-Biega National Park - DR Congo

• Lake Malawi National Park - Malawi

• Lake Turkana National Parks - Kenya

MOUNTAINS

• Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest - Kenya

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve - Guinea & Cote-D'ivoire

• Maloti-Drakensberg - South Africa & Lesotho

• Simien Mountains - Ethiopia

• Kilimanjaro National Park - Tanzania

• Rwenzori Mountains National Park - Uganda

SAVANNAS

• Garamba National Park - DR Congo

• Serengeti National Park - Tanzania

• Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania

• Manovo-Gounda - St Floris National Park - Central African Republic

STRANGE WORLDS

• Aldabra Atoll - Seychelles

• Vallee De Mai Nature Reserve - Seychelles

• Cape Floral Region - South Africa

• Rainforests Of The Atsinanana - Madagascar

• Tsingy De Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve - Madagascar

WETLANDS

• Sanganeb & Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Parks - Sudan

• Okavango Delta - Botswana

• St Lucia iSimangaliso wetland park - South Africa

• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary - Senegal

• Banc dArguin - Mauritania

• Lake Ichkeul - Tunisia

WOODLANDS

• Mana Pools - Zimbabwe

• Niokolo-Koba -Senegal

• Parc W - Niger

• Selous Game Reserve - Tanzania

• Comoe National Park - Cote-D'ivoire

POTENTIAL SITES

• Kasanka National Park - Zambia

• Eastern Arc Mountain Forests - Tanzania & Kenya

• The Red Sea - Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti (and Arab States)

• Bale Mountains National Park - Ethiopia

• Atlas Mountains - Morocco & Algeria

• Danakil Depression - Ethiopia & Djibouti

• Lake Tanganyika - Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi & Zambia

• Succulent Karoo - Namibia & South Africa

• Upper Nile FloodPlains - South Sudan

• Dry Forests of The Andrefana - Madagascar