UNESCO World Heritage for Sudan

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 3 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Sudan to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Sudan for descriptions.


2003 - Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
2011 - Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
2016 - Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park