This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Africa.
Benin
- Royal Palaces of Abomey (1985)
Botswana
- Tsodilo (2001)
central African Republic
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1988)
The Democratic Republic of Kongo
- Virunga National Park (1979)
- Garamba National Park (1980)
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980)
- Salonga National Park (1984)
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996)
Ivory Coast
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982) *
- Thai National Park (1982)
- Comoé National Park (1983)
Ethiopia
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978)
- Simien National Park (1978)
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979)
- Aksum (1980)
- Lower Valley of the Awash (1980)
- Lower Valley of the Omo (1980)
- Tiya (1980)
Gambia
- James Island and Related Sites (2003)
Ghana
- Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979)
- Asante Traditional Buildings (1980)
Guinea
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982) *
Cameroon
- Dja Faunal Reserve (1987)
Kenya
- Lake Turkana National Parks (1997, 2001)
- Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest (1997)
- Lamu Old Town (2001)
Madagascar
- Tsingy of Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990)
- Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (2001)
Malawi
- Lake Malawi National Park (1984)
Mali
- Old Towns of Djenné (1988)
- Timbuktu (1988)
- Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (1989)
- Tomb of Askia (2004)
Mozambique
- Island of Mozambique (1991)
Niger
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1991)
- W National Park of Niger (1996)
Nigeria
- Sukur Cultural Landscape (1999)
- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (2005)
Senegal
- Island of Gorée (1978)
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (1981)
- Niokolo-Koba National Park (1981)
- Island of Saint-Louis (2000)
Seychelles
- Aldabra Atoll (1982)
- Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (1983)
South Africa
- Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999, 2005)
- Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (1999)
- Robben Island (1999)
- uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
- Vredefort Dome (2005)
Tanzania
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1979)
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981)
- Serengeti National Park (1981)
- Selous Game Reserve (1982)
- Kilimanjaro National Park (1987)
- Stone Town of Zanzibar (2000)
Togo
- Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (2004)
Uganda
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (1994)
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1994)
- Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2001)
Zambia
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989) *
Zimbabwe
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (1984)
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument (1986)
- Khami Ruins National Monument (1986)
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989) *
- Matobo Hills (2003)