Updated on February 10, 2026
World Heritage Sites in North Africa
World Heritage Sites in Egypt, Morocco and Algeria
World Heritage Sites in Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Sudan
World Heritage Sites in Central Africa
World Heritage Sites in East Africa
World Heritage Sites in Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda and Kenya
World Heritage Sites in Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique and Mauritius
World Heritage Sites in Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Rwanda
World Heritage Sites in Southern Africa
World Heritage Sites in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Lesotho
World Heritage Sites in West Africa
World Heritage Sites in Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, and Sierra Leone
World Heritage Sites in Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau
World Heritage Sites in Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Mali and Mauritania
Achieved video recording of all World Heritage sites at home.
Introductory tour of 150 popular world heritage sites1
Introductory tour of 150 popular world heritage sites 2
Introductory tour of 150 popular world heritage sites 2
Introductory tour of 150 popular world heritage sites 3
This YouTube tour of Africa's World Heritage Sites is published as a sister guide to the Asia Travel Destinations Guide.
We have created this site with the hope that you can visit World Heritage sites around the world from the comfort of your own home through "country introduction videos in 8K and 4K," "YouTube videos," and "360° photos."
There are many World Heritage Sites, and the number is increasing every year.
Complete video recording of all World Heritage Sites (1,327 sites in 168 countries) will be achieved by December 24, 2024.
All of the World Heritage videos can be viewed in the comfort of your home.
It can be read at home, and can also be used as a reference when researching World Heritage sites or when you are on-site.
It is not a completed site, but rather content is added, updated and created on a daily basis.
Therefore, please forgive us if there are World Heritage Sites that have not yet been listed, or if the information is outdated or the links are broken.
Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any consequences resulting from using the information on this site.
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World Heritage Sites in North Africa
World Heritage Sites in Egypt, Morocco and Algeria
World Heritage Sites in Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Sudan
World Heritage Sites in Central Africa
World Heritage Sites in East Africa
World Heritage Sites in Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda and Kenya
World Heritage Sites in Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique and Mauritius
World Heritage Sites in Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Rwanda
World Heritage Sites in Southern Africa
World Heritage Sites in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Lesotho
World Heritage Sites in West Africa
World Heritage Sites in Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, and Sierra Leone
World Heritage Sites in Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau
World Heritage Sites in Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Mali and Mauritania
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World Heritage Sites in Africa
World Heritage Sites in North Africa
World Heritage Sites in Egypt
World Heritage Sites in Egypt 1 (Pyramids of Giza and Ancient City of Thebes, etc.)
1. Abu Mena
2. The ancient city of Thebes and its necropolis
3. Memphis and its Necropolis – The Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
4. Historic Cairo
World Heritage Sites in Egypt 2 (Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae and others)
5. Nubian ruins from Abu Simbel to Philae
6. St. Catherine Monastery Area
7. Wadi al-Hitan
World Heritage Sites in Morocco
World Heritage Sites in Morocco 1 (Old Town of Fez and Old Town of Marrakech, etc.)
1. Old Town of Fez
2. Marrakech Old Town
3. Ait Ben Haddou
4. Ancient City of Meknes
5. Ancient Ruins of Volubilis
World Heritage Sites in Morocco 2 (Medina of Essaouira and Old Town of Tetouan, etc.)
6. Old Town of Tetouan
7. Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
8. Portuguese-style quarter of Mazagan (El Jadida)
9. Modern historical city of Rabat
World Heritage Sites in Algeria
World Heritage Sites in Algeria 1 (Valley of M'Zab and Tassili Najer, etc.)
1. Beni Hammad Citadel
2. M'Zab Valley
3. Tassili n'Ajjer
4. Tipasa
World Heritage Sites in Algeria 2 (Timgad and the Kasbah of Algiers, etc.)
5. Timgad
6. Jemila
7. Kasbah of Algiers
World Heritage Sites in Libya
World Heritage Sites in Libya (Leptis Magna Archaeological Site and Cyrene Archaeological Site and others)
1. Leptis Magna Archaeological Site
2. Archaeological site of Cyrene
3. Sabratha Archaeological Site
4. Tadralt Acacus Rock Art Site
5. Old Town of Ghadames
World Heritage Sites in Tunisia
World Heritage Sites in Tunisia1 (Carthage Ruins, El Jem Amphitheatre, etc.)
1. Old Town of Tunis
2.
World Heritage Sites in Tunisia 2 (Old City of Sousse and Kerouac, etc.)
6. Old Town of Sousse
7. Kairouan
8. Dougga/Tugga
9.
World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia
World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia 1 (Rock Churches of Lalibela and Simien National Park, etc.)
1. Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
2. Simien Mountains National Park
3. Fajr Ghebi in the Gondar region
4. Aksum
5. Lower Omo River
World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia 2 (Tiya and the Historic Citadel of Harar Jugol, etc.)
6. Tiya
7.
World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia 3 (Cultural Landscape of Konso and Bale Mountains National Park, etc.)
9. Konso Cultural Landscape
10. Gedeo Cultural Landscape
11. Bale Mountains National Park
12. Melka Kunture and Barhit: Archaeological and Paleontological Sites in the Ethiopian Highlands
World Heritage Sites in Sudan
World Heritage Sites in Sudan (Gebel Barkal and Napata Regional Sites and Archaeological Sites on Meroe Island, etc.)
1. Gebel Barkal and Napata Region
2. Archaeological Sites of Meroe
3. Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay-Mukawar Island Marine National Park
World Heritage Sites in Central Africa
World Heritage Sites in Cameroon
World Heritage Sites in Gabon
World Heritage Sites in Gabon (Lope-Ocanda Ecosystem and Remaining Cultural Landscape and Ivindo National Park)
1. Lope-Okanda Ecosystem and Remaining Cultural Landscape
2. Ivind National Park
World Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
World Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Virunga National Park, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, etc.)
1. Virunga National Park
2. kahuzi-Biega National Park
3. galamba national park
4. salonga national park
5. okapi wildlife sanctuary
World Heritage Sites in Chad
World Heritage Sites in Chad (Unianga Lakes and Enedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape)
1. Ounianga Lakes
2. Ennedi Mountains: Natural and Cultural Landscape
World Heritage Sites in Angola
World Heritage Sites in Angola (Bambanza-Congo, traces of the capital of the Kingdom of Congo)
1. M'banza Kongo, Remains of the Capital of the Kingdom of Kongo
World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Congo
World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Congo (Protected Area of the Three Countries of the Sanga River Basin and the Ozara-Kokua Forest Massif)
1. Tri-State Protected Area of the Sangha River Basin
2. Odzala-Kokua Forest Massif
World Heritage Sites in Central Africa
World Heritage Sites in Central Africa (Manovo-Gunda-Saint Floris National Park and the Three Countries Protected Area in the Sanga River Basin)
1. Manovo-Gunda Saint Floris National Park
2. Tri-State Protected Area of the Sangha River Basin
World Heritage Sites in East Africa
World Heritage Sites in Tanzania
World Heritage Sites in Tanzania 1 (Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park, etc.)
1. Ngorongoro Conservation Area
2. Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara Archaeological Complex
3. Serengeti National Park
4. Selous Game Reserve
World Heritage Sites in Tanzania 2 (Kilimanjaro National Park and Stone Town on Zanzibar Island, etc.)
5. Kilimanjaro National Park
6. Stone Town on Zanzibar Island
7. Rock Art Ruins of Kondoa
World Heritage Sites in Zambia
World Heritage Sites in Zambia (Victoria Falls)
1. Victoria Falls
World Heritage Sites in Uganda
World Heritage Sites in Uganda (Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Bwindi Wilderness National Park and others)
1. Rwenzori Mountains National Park
2. Bwindi Wilderness National Park
3.
World Heritage Sites in Kenya
World Heritage Sites in Kenya 1 (Mt. Kenya National Park / Natural Forest and Old Town of Lamu, etc.)
1. Turkana Lakes National Parks
2.
World Heritage Sites in Kenya 2 (Kenya's Lakes in the Great Rift Valley and Fort Jesus in Mombasa, etc.)
5. Kenya's lakes and marshes in the Great Rift Valley
6. Jesus Fortress in Mombasa
7. Timurica Ochinga Archaeological Site
8. Ghedi's historic district and archaeological sites
World Heritage Sites in Seychelles
World Heritage Sites in Seychelles (Aldabra Atoll and Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve)
1. Aldabra Atoll
2. Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
World Heritage Sites in Malawi
World Heritage Sites in Malawi (Lake Malawi National Park and Chongoni Rock Art Area)
1.
World Heritage Sites in Mozambique
World Heritage Sites in Mozambique (Mozambique Island)
1. Mozambique Island
World Heritage Sites in Mauritius
World Heritage Sites in Mauritius (Cultural Landscape of Arpravasi Ghats and Le Morne)
1. aapravasi ghat
2. Cultural landscape of Le Morne
World Heritage Sites in Eritrea
World Heritage Sites in Eritrea (Asmara: Modernist African City)
1. Asmara: Modernist African City
World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe
World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe (Mana Pools National Park and Victoria Falls, etc.)
1. Mana Pools National Park, Sapi Safari Region, Chewall Safari Region
2. National Historic Site Great Zimbabwe Ruins
3. National Historic Site Kami Ruins
4. Victoria Falls
5. Matobo Hills
World Heritage Sites in Madagascar
World Heritage Sites in Madagascar (Andrefana Dry Forest Complex, Ambuhimanga Hill Royal Estate, etc.)
1. Dry forest group of Andrefana
2. King's estate on Ambuhimanga Hill
3. Atzinanana Rain Forest
World Heritage Sites in Rwanda
World Heritage Sites in Rwanda (Nyungwe National Park and Sites of Remembrance of the Rwandan Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero, Gisocchi)
1. Nyungwe National Park
2. Rwandan genocide memory sites: Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero, Gisocchi
World Heritage Sites in Southern Africa
World Heritage Sites in South Africa
World Heritage Sites in South Africa1 (South African Human Fossil Sites and Robben Island, etc.)
1. Human Fossil Sites in South Africa
2. Ishimangaliso Wetland Park
3. Robben Island
4. Maroti-Drakensberg Park
5. Cultural landscape of Mapungubwe
World Heritage Sites in South Africa 2 (Cape Floral Region Protected Areas and others)
6. Cape Botanical Area Protected Areas
7. Fredefort Dome
8. Cultural and botanical landscape of the Riftusveld
9. Cultural landscape of Comani
10. Barberton Maconjwa Mountains
World Heritage Sites in South Africa 3 (Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: The Nelson Mandela Heritage Site and Others)
11. Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: The Nelson Mandela Heritage Site
12. Emergence of Present-day Humans: Pleistocene Settlement Sites in South Africa
World Heritage Sites in Namibia
World Heritage Sites in Namibia (Twayfulfontein and the Namib Sand Sea)
1.Twayfulfontein
2. Namib Sand Sea
World Heritage Sites in Botswana
World Heritage Sites in Botswana (Tsodilo and Okavango Delta)
1. tsodilo
2. Okavango Delta
World Heritage Sites in Lesotho
World Heritage Sites in Lesotho (Maroti-Drakensberg Park)）
1. Maroti-Drakensberg Park
World Heritage Sites in West Africa
World Heritage Sites in Ghana
World Heritage Sites in Ghana (Fortresses along the Gulf of Benin in Ghana and traditional Ashanti buildings)
1. Fortifications in Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Provinces
2. Ashanti traditional buildings
World Heritage Sites in Togo
World Heritage Sites in Togo (Kutamak, the land of the Batamaribas)
1. Kutamak, the land of the Batamaribans
World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso
World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso (W-Arri-Penjari National Park Complex and Loropeni Archaeological Sites, etc.)
1. W=Arli-Penjari National Park Complex
2. Ruins of Loropeni
3. Ancient Iron Manufacturing Sites in Burkina Faso
4. Royal Palace of Thiebere
World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde
World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde (Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande, Cidade Velha)
1. Historic Center of Ribeira Grande, Cidade Velha
World Heritage Sites in Sierra Leone
World Heritage Sites in Sierra Leone (Gola and Tiwai Complex)
1. Gora and Tiwai complex area
World Heritage Sites in The Gambia
World Heritage Sites in The Gambia (Kunta Kinte Island and Related Sites and the Ring of the Senegambia)
1. Kunta Kinte Island and related archaeological sites
2. Senegambia Ring of Fire
World Heritage Sites in Guinea
World Heritage Sites in Guinea (Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve)
1. Nimba Mountain Strict Nature Reserve
World Heritage Sites in Cote d'Ivoire
World Heritage Sites in Cote d'Ivoire (Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve and Tay National Park, etc.)
1. Nimba Mountain Strict Nature Reserve
2. Thy National Park
3. Comoé National Park
4. Historic City of Grand Bassam
5. Sudanese-style mosques in northern Cote d'Ivoire
World Heritage Sites in Senegal
World Heritage Sites in Senegal 1 (Goree Island and Nyokolo-Koba National Park, etc.)
1. Goree Island
2. Nyokolo-Coba National Park
3. Juggi Birds National Park
4. Saint-Louis Island
World Heritage Sites in Senegal 2 (Senegambia Ring of Fire and Saloum Delta, etc.)
5. Senegambia Ring of Fire
6. Saloom Delta
7. Basari Region : Cultural Landscape of Basari, Hula and Bedik
World Heritage Sites in Guinea-Bissau (Coastal and Marine Ecosystem of the Villagos Islands: Omati Mino)
1. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Villagos Islands: Omati Minio
World Heritage Sites in Nigeria
World Heritage Sites in Nigeria (Cultural Landscape of Sukuru and Sacred Grove of Oshun-Oshogbo)
1. Cultural Landscape of Sucre
2. Sacred Grove of Oshun-Oshogbo
World Heritage Sites in Niger
World Heritage Sites in Niger (Isle Ténéré Nature Reserve and W-Arli-Penjari National Park Complex, etc.)
1. Isle Ténéré Nature Reserve
2. W-Arli-Penjari National Park Complex
3. Agades Historic District
World Heritage Sites in Benin
World Heritage Sites in Benin (Royal Palace Complex of Abomey and W-Arli-Penjari National Park Complex, etc.)
1. Royal Palace Complex of Abomey
2. W-Arli-Penjari National Park Complex
3. Kutamak, the land of the Batamaribans
World Heritage Sites in Mali
World Heritage Sites in Mali (Old Town of Djenne and Timbuktu, etc.)
1. Old Town of Djenne
2.
World Heritage Sites in Mauritania
World Heritage Sites in Mauritania (Van Dargan National Park and the old Kusur of Ouadang, Singeti, Tisit and Ouarata)
1. Ban Dargan National Park
2. old khusur of Uadan, Singeti, Tisit and Ualata