Experts' Choice Award Freedom Park
What the experts agree on
Freedom Park's hilltop complex masterfully reimagines South African history through bold architecture and immersive design, offering a nuanced counter-narrative to traditional monuments while celebrating freedom, healing, and human heritage across
“This vast architectural complex, initiated by President Thabo Mbeki and designed by poet Mongane Wally Serote, stands on a hilltop as a symbolic and democratic response to the Voortrekker Monument.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Opened in 2013, the 129-acre Freedom Park is dedicated to the struggle for freedom and humanity, as well as other aspects of South African heritage, including human evolution." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This stunning memorial adopts an integrated approach to South Africa’s war history and is a place of architectural imagination and collective healing." Full review
