Wishlist - Unesco World Heritage Sites Africa

Algeria

  • Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad near Bechar
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
  • M'Zab Valley
  • Djémila, near Sétif
  • Tipasa
  • Timgad, near Batna
  • Kasbah of Algiers

Benin

  • Royal palaces of Abomey

Botswana

  • Tsodilo in the Okavango Delta

Burkina Faso

  • Ruins of Loropéni (2009)

Cameroon

  • Dja Faunal Reserve


Cape Verde

Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (2009)

Central African Republic

  • Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Comoe National Park
  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
  • Taï National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Virunga National Park
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  • Garamba National Park
  • Salonga National Park
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Egypt

  • Memphis and its necropolis - the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur
  • Ancient Thebes with its necropolis
  • Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
  • Islamic Cairo
  • Abu Mena, near Alexandria
  • Saint Catherine area
  • Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Ethiopia

  • Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela (1978)
  • Simien National Park (1978)
  • Fasil Ghebbi (1979)
  • Aksum (1980)
  • Lower valley of the Awash (1980)
  • Lower valley of the Omo (1980)
  • Tiya (1980)
  • Harar Jugol Fortified Historic Town (2006)

Gabon

  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

Gambia

  • Stone Circles of Senegambia
  • James Island and related sites

Ghana

  • Forts and Castles of Volta, Greater Accra, Central Ghana and Western Ghana
  • Asante Traditional Buildings

Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Kenya

  • Lake Turkana National Parks (Sibiloi National Park, Central Island, South Island)
  • Mount Kenya National Park
  • Lamu Old Town
  • Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

Libya

  • Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  • Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  • Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  • Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  • Old Town of Ghadamis

Madagascar

  • Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Reserve
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana, including Masoala National Park

Malawi

  • Chongoni Rock Art Area
  • Lake Malawi National Park

Mali

  • Timbuktu
  • Old Towns of Djenné
  • Tomb of Askia in Gao
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

Mauritania

  • Banc d'Arguin National Park
  • Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit and Oualata

Mauritius


Morocco

  • Medina of Fez
  • Medina of Marrakech
  • Ksar of Ait-Benhaddou
  • Historic City of Meknes
  • Archaeological Site of Volubilis near Meknes
  • Medina of Tetouan
  • Medina of Essaouira
  • Portuguese City of Mazagan, now El Jadida

Mozambique

  • Ilha de Mozambique

Namibia

  • Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes

Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park

Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape

Reunion Island (France)

  • Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island

Saint Helena (UK)

  • Gough Island and Inaccessible Island, South Atlantic Islands in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago (1995, 2004)

Senegal

  • Island of Gorée near Dakar
  • Djoudj National Bird Santuary
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
  • Island of Saint-Louis
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia

Seychelles

  • Aldabra Atoll
  • Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve

South Africa

  • The Cape Flora Region in the Overberg
  • The Cradle of Humankind in the West Rand of Gauteng
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park
  • Mapungubwe Kingdom in the Limpopo Province
  • Robben Island off the coast at Cape Town
  • Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park for its landscape, biodiversity and rock art.
  • Vredefort Dome, with the town of Vredefort at its center
  • The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Tanzania

  • Kondoa Rock Art Sites
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Selous Game Reserve
  • Kilimanjaro National Park
  • Stone Town of Zanzibar

Togo

  • Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba

Tunisia

  • Medina of Tunis
  • Site of Carthage
  • Amphitheatre of El Jem
  • Ichkeul National Park
  • Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
  • Medina of Sousse
  • Kairouan
  • Dougga / Thugga

Uganda

  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Rwenzori Mountains National Park
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi in Kampala

Zambia

  • Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park / Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

  • Great Zimbabwe National Monument
  • Mana Pools National Park
  • Khami Ruins National Monument near Bulawayo
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park / Victoria Falls
  • Matobo Hills
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