Kromdraai Conservancy
Location in Gauteng
Location	Gauteng, South Africa
Nearest city	Krugersdorp, South Africa
Coordinates	25°55′45″S 27°47′20″E / 25.92917°S 27.78889°E / -25.92917; 27.78889
Area	less than 200 m
Established	Incorporated in part into the Cradle of Humankind, 1998
Governing body	Cradle of Humankind, Private Landowners and Conservancy

Kromdraai Conservancy is a protected conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It is in the Muldersdrift area not far from Krugersdorp.

Etymology

Its name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.

History

It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the Sterkfontein caves have an extensive number of fossils and dolomite caverns. A well known fossil site is also named Kromdraai and it, along with such sites as Sterkfontein,^[1] Coopers, Swartkrans and Plovers Lake form part of the conservancy. Part of the Kromdraai conservancy also falls within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1998.

Places of interest

• Wonder Cave
• Sterkfontein