Brief Description
"The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts. Rolling high altitude grasslands, the pristine steep-sided river valleys and rocky gorges also contribute to the beauty of the site. The site’s diversity of habitats protects a high level of endemic and globally threatened species, especially birds and plants. This spectacular natural site also contains many caves and rock-shelters with the largest and most concentrated group of paintings in Africa south of the Sahara, made by the San people over a period of 4,000 years. The rock paintings are outstanding in quality and diversity of subject and in their depiction of animals and human beings. They represent the spiritual life of the now extinct San people."
夸特兰巴山脉/德拉肯斯堡山公园
"夸特兰巴山脉/德拉肯斯堡山公园具有独特的天然美景，包括玄武岩柱和金色的沙石堡垒。高纬度的草地、原始的陡峭河谷以及岩 石密布的峡谷更加增添了德拉肯斯堡山公园的美丽。此处多样的栖息地为当地及地球上濒危物种提供保护，尤其是鸟类和植物。这里壮观的景致还包括众多的山洞和 岩石棚，因为它集中保存了数量最多的非洲南部撒哈拉人4000多年间的绘画。在刻画动物和人类时，这些岩石画不仅品质上乘且选材广泛，反映了现已迁离该地 区的撒哈拉人的精神生活。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/985
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