Did you know that ... The "Stone Tribe" is in fact a concentration of 85 fossilized termite mounts, the only ones known in South Africa?
Mapungubwe is the oldest known kingdom in Southern Africa?
The 3rd largest tree in the country (a Nyala Berry), occurs in the park? And that 4 of the 10 largest trees (off all species) in the country can be found in the park?
Mapungubwe was the capital of a country the size of Swaziland, and that there were more than 200 satellite towns?
The largest elephant herd on private property (1500 animals) occurs in the Tuli Block? All the large predators still occur naturally in Mapungubwe National Park?
The Mapungubwe people traded with Arabian, Indian and Chinese merchants- more than 800 years ago?
There are more than 400 species of birds in the park?
The Hamilton Boabab in the park has a trunk circumference of 31m?
Gen. Jan Smuts had a house in the park he used to visit?
Cecil John Rhodes had a drift in the park (Rhodesdrift) he used to cross the Limpopo?
In 1948 the park had a land area of 92 000ha- before the Nationalist government disbanded the park?
There are 24 Acacia species in the park?
The park is rich in San Art sites- including unusual depictions of locusts and giraffes?
The park was proclaimed a World Heritage Site on 5 July 2003?
