List of UNESCO World Heritage in Africa

This page lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the continent of Africa, sorted by country . More detailed representations with a brief description and pictures of the world heritage sites can be found in the linked overview articles on the world heritage of the individual states.

The number at the beginning of each line indicates the year the site was added to the World Heritage List.
Sites of the world cultural heritage are marked with " K ", sites of the world natural heritage with " N ", mixed sites with " K / N ".
World Heritage sites that UNESCO has classified as particularly endangered and entered on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger are also marked with an " R ".

Egypt

1979 - Memphis and its necropolis - the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur (K)
1979 - Ancient Thebes and its city of the dead (K)
1979 - Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (K)
1979 - Historic Cairo (K)
1979 - Abu Mena (K, R )
2005 - Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) (N)

Egypt also has a World Heritage Site in Asia .

Algeria

1980 - Kala'a Beni Hammad (K)
1982 - Tassili n'Ajjer (K) / N
1982 - Valley of M'zab (K)
1982 - Djémila (K)
1982 - Tipasa (K)
1982 - Timgad (K)
1992 - Kasbah of Algiers (K)

Angola

2017 - Mbanza Kongo , relics of the capital of the former Kingdom of the Congo (K)

Ethiopia

1978 - Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela (K)
1978 - Simien National Park (N)
1979 - Fasil Ghebbi in the Gondar region (K)
1980 - Lower Awash Valley (K)
1980 - Tiya (K)
1980 - Aksum (K)
1980 - Lower Omo Valley (K)
2006 - Fortified old town of Harar Jugol (K)
2011 - Cultural landscape of the Konso (K)

Benin

1985 - Royal Palaces of Abomey (K)
2017 - National Park Complex W-Arly-Pendjari (N, cross-border with Burkina Faso and Niger)

Botswana

Rock paintings in Tsodilo

2001 - Tsodilo (K)
2014 - Okavango Delta (N)

Burkina Faso

2009 - Loropéni ruins (K)
2017 - National Park Complex W-Arly-Pendjari (N, cross-border with Benin and Niger)
2019 - Historic iron smelting sites (K)

Ivory Coast

Antelopes in the Comoé National Park

1981 - Strict Nature Reserve Mount Nimba (N, R , cross-border with Guinea)
1982 - Taï National Park (N)
1983 - Comoé National Park (N)
2012 - Historic city of Grand-Bassam (K)

Eritrea

2017 - Asmara : A Modernist City of Africa (K)

France

(Reunion)

2010 - peaks, basins and slopes of Reunion Island (N)

Gabon

Landscape in the Lopé National Park

2007 - Lopé-Okanda ecosystem and relict cultural landscape (C / N)

Gambia

2003 - Kunta Kinteh Island and related sites (K)
2006 - Senegambian Stone Circles (K, transnational with Senegal)

Ghana

Cape Coast Castle

1979 - Fortresses and castles in the Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Region (K)
1980 - Traditional Ashanti (K) buildings

Guinea

1981 - Strict Nature Reserve Mount Nimba (N, R , cross-border with Ivory Coast)

Yemen

2008 - Socotra Archipelago (N)

Cameroon

The Dja River near Somalomo

1987 - Dja animal reserve (N)
2012 - Sangha Trinational (N, cross-border with the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, includes the Lobéké National Park in Cameroon )

Cape Verde

2009 - Cidade Velha , historic center of Ribeira Grande (K)

Kenya

Mount Kenya

1997 - National Park and Natural Forest Mount Kenya (N)
1997 - National parks at Lake Turkana (N, R )
2001 - old town of Lamu (K)
2008 - Sacred Kaya Forests of Mijikenda (K)
2011 - Kenyan lake system in the Great Rift Valley (N)
2011 - Fort Jesus in Mombasa (K)
2018 - Archaeological site Thimlich Ohinga (K)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Nyiragongo lava lake in Virunga National Park

1979 - Virunga National Park (N, R )
1980 - Garamba National Park (N, R )
1980 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park (N, R )
1984 - Salonga National Park (N, R )
1996 - Okapi Game Reserve (N, R )

Republic of the Congo

2012 - Sangha Trinational (N, cross-border with Cameroon and the Central African Republic, includes the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of the Congo )

Lesotho

2013 - Maloti-Drakensberg-Park (K / N, cross-border with South Africa, includes the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho )

Libya

Rock painting in the Tadrart Acacus

1982 - Leptis Magna archaeological site (K, R )
1982 - Sabratha archaeological site (K, R )
1982 - Cyrene archaeological site (K, R )
1985 - Rock paintings by Tadrart Acacus (K, R )
1986 - Old town of Ghadames (K, R )

Madagascar

Ambohimanga Royal Hill

1990 - Strict Nature Reserve Tsingy de Bemaraha (N)
2001 - King's Hill of Ambohimanga (K)
2007 - Atsinanana Rainforests (N, R )

Malawi

1984 - Lake Malawi National Park (N)
2006 - rock art in Chongoni (K)

Mali

Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu

1988 - old towns of Djenné (K, R )
1988 - Timbuktu (K, R )
1989 - Bandiagara Rocks ( Dogon Land ) (K, N)
2004 - Tomb of Askia (K, R )

Morocco

Hassan Tower in Rabat

1981 - Medina of Fès (K)
1985 - Medina of Marrakech (1985)
1987 - Fortified city of Ait-Ben-Haddou (K)
1996 - Historic city of Meknes (K)
1997 - Volubilis excavation site (K)
1997 - Medina of Tétouan (Titwan) (K)
2001 - Essaouira Medina (Mogador) (K)
2004 - Portuguese city of Mazagan (El Jadida) (K)
2012 - Rabat , modern capital and historical city: a common heritage (K)

Mauritania

1989 - Banc d'Arguin National Park (N)
1996 - Ancient Ksour by Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (K)

Mauritius

2006 - Aapravasi Ghat (K)
2008 - Le Morne cultural landscape (K)

Mozambique

1991 - Mozambique Island (K)

Namibia

Satellite image of the Namib Desert

ǀUi-ǁaes

2007 - Twyfelfontein or ǀUi-ǁaes (K)
2013 - Namib Sand Sea (N)

Niger

1991 - Aïr and Ténéré nature reserves (N, R )
1996 - National Park Complex W-Arly-Pendjari (N, cross-border with Benin and Burkina Faso)
2013 - Historical Center of Agadez (K)

Nigeria

1999 - Sukur Cultural Landscape (K)
2005 - Holy Grove of the goddess Oshun in Oshogbo (K)

Zambia

1989 - Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (N, cross-border with Zimbabwe)

Senegal

The Gambia River in the Niokolo-Koba National Park

1978 - Gorée Island (K)
1981 - Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (N)
1981 - Niokolo-Koba National Park (N, R )
2000 - Isle of Saint-Louis (K)
2006 - Senegambian Stone Circles (K, transnational with Gambia)
2011 - Saloum Delta (K)
2012 - Bassari-Land : cultural landscapes of the Bassari , Fula and Bedik (K)

Seychelles

1982 - Aldabra -Atoll (N)
1983 - Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (N)

Zimbabwe

1984 - Mana Pools National Park , Sapi and Chewore safari areas (N)
1988 - National Monument Great Zimbabwe (K)
1988 - National Monument Ruins of Khami (K)
1989 - Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (N, cross-border with Zambia)
2003 - Matobo Mountains (K)

South Africa

Drakensberg

1999 - ISimangaliso Wetland Park (N)
1999 - Robben Island (K)
1999 - Findings of fossil hominids in South Africa (K)
2000 - Maloti-Drakensberg-Park (K, N, cross-border with Lesotho)
2003 - Mapungubwe cultural landscape (K)
2004 - Protected Areas of the Cape Floral Region (N)
2005 - Vredefort Dome (N)
2007 - cultural and plant landscape Richtersveld (K)
2017 - cultural landscape of the Khomani (K)
2018 - Barberton Mountain Land / Barberton Greenstone Belt / Makhonjwa Mountains (N)

Sudan

Pyramids of Meroe

2003 - Gebel Barkal and the sites of the Napata region (K)
2011 - Archaeological Sites of Meroe Island (K)
2016 - Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay Marine National Park - Mukkawar Island (N)

Tanzania

Summit of Kibo in Kilimanjaro National Park

1979 - Ngorongoro Conservation Area (K, N)
1979 - Serengeti National Park (N)
1981 - Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara ruins (K)
1982 - Selous Game Reserve (N, R )
1987 - Kilimanjaro National Park (N)
2000 - Stone City of Zanzibar (K)
2006 - Rock art sites in Kondoa (K)

Togo

2004 - Koutammakou - Land of the Batammariba (K)

Chad

2012 - Lakes of Ounianga (N)
2016 - Ennedi massif : natural and cultural landscape (K / N)

Tunisia

Carthage archaeological site

1979 - Medina of Tunis (K)
1979 - Archaeological Site of Carthage (K)
1979 - Amphitheater of El Djem (K)
1980 - Ichkeul National Park (N)
1985 - Punic city of Kerkouane and its necropolis (K)
1988 - Medina of Sousse (K)
1988 - Kairouan (K)
1997 - Dougga / Thugga (K)

Uganda

1994 - Bwindi Primeval Forest National Park (N)
1994 - Ruwenzori Mountains National Park (N)
2001 - Tombs of the Buganda kings in Kasubi (K, R )

Central African Republic

1988 - Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park (N, R )
2012 - Sangha Trinational (N, cross-border with Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo, includes the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic )

Web links

Wikivoyage: World Heritage / Africa - Travel Guide

UNESCO database with extensive descriptions of the individual sites ( English , French )