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33 Reviews De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre Besides 'normal' cheetahs, De Wildt has a number of King Cheetahs, distinguished by the different coat pattern. There is also a healthy population of African wild dogs and several other native animals. If you like animals, you'll love De Wildt.
22 Reviews Gold Reef City is a Johannesburg institution and as my kids have been nagging me to go for months, I finally succumbed early in the New Year. I have to declare my bias: I hate theme parks, I dislike the rides (and am scared rigid by most of them) and I can't bear crowds, so now that we've got that...
17 Reviews Hey guys Sun city the name which is almost known to most of the passionate tourists coming to South Africa the place where there is a heaven between the mountains far away from here when you approach dis place you don even imagine of such a beautiful place between dis big mountains the scenery...
Downtown Architecture and Tours
20 Reviews The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is exhibiting some of its historical Dutch collection in three of the gallery rooms between 13 November 2011 and 25 March 2012. This exhibition is being curated by Sheree Lissoos, the Historical Curator. There is an 1985 catalogue written by Jillian Carman which is...
5 Reviews Well the Randburg Waterfront has been revamped and is now called the Bright Water Commons. There is alot less water but is a 100 times nicer than before. Its a very nice to do a little shopping , they have a flea market as well as its relaxing to just to go and have lunch there. Its a nice place...
6 Reviews The De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Conservation Centre is an interesting place for what the tour operators bill as a “half day tour”. You have to be up early for the 08h00 tour as it takes at least forty five minutes from Pretoria and an hour from Sandton, Johannesburg to get to the centre. There is...
11 Reviews Bright and cheerful entertainment is ongoing at Montecasino Montecasino has buskers, street performers, wandering around and entertaining people. Busking dates back through the ages to earliest times, with performers often literally “singing for their supper” as they were allowed to entertain...
17 Reviews Jo'burg is sadly not a city blessed with many great museums, but the Apartheid Museum is truly world class and a moving testament to South Africa's troubled history. The title is slightly misleading, as the museum provides a comprehensive overview of South Africa's 20th century history - of which...
19 Reviews The overly cautious have long (and incorrectly) maintained that it is not safe for visitors to venture into the townships, even as part of a tour - however, they probably never envisaged a scenario under which that danger would be entirely self-inflicted! Yes, you can bungee jump in Soweto! The...
18 Reviews This tiny, obscure and dog-eared museum in the Bernard Price Institute (BPI) of Paeleontology on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand ('Wits') is one that that most Johannesburgers - let alone tourists - don't know about! This is a crying shame, since it documents arguably South...
9 Reviews The Lion Park is located in Lanseria, about 45 minutes drive north west of Johannesburg. It gives visitors the chance to drive through a rather small reserve in which you can see big carnivores (white lions, cheetah, wild dog and hyaena) up close, as well as the opportunity to pet lion cubs. Another...
4 Reviews The Melville Koppies are part of the rugged Witwatersrand (‘White Water’) ridge that runs west-east through the western and northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Further west along the ridge is Langlaagte, the site of the first gold discovery in the Witwatersrand basin in 1886, which transformed this...
6 Reviews Mrs Ples is 2.7 million years old, but don't tell: it's impolite to discuss a woman's age, particularly someone who has aged so much. Little Foot is a child fossil over 4 million years' old. Poor child fell through a hole in the roof of the caves, died and was fossilized to be found in the present...
Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens
3 Reviews Against the backdrop of the magnificent Witpoortjie waterfall, this Garden (previously called the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden) covers almost 300 hectares and consists of both landscaped and natural veld areas. The natural vegetation of the area is known as the "Rocky Highveld Grassland"...
11 Reviews Nice little museum in the former (although refurbished) home of Nelson Mandela with a lot of his old possessions etc and also items given as gifts to him by the people of South Africa and other countries.
3 Reviews The Blyde River Canyon is one of the most spectacular views in South Africa and its cliffs rise between 600m-800m from the river bed. At the Three Rondavels viewpoint (also called The Three Sisters) is an unforgettable view of three huge rock spirals rising out of the far wall of the Blyde River...
5 Reviews and 198 Opinions Being a local, I have never stayed here (and probably couldn't afford to!) - having visited business...
InterContinental Johannesburg Sandton Towers
7 Reviews and 106 Opinions Sandton Sun & Towers must rate as one of the best hotels to stay in when visiting Johannesburg. It...
17 Reviews The selection and performance of national anthems must be one of the most emotive of cultural issues. To my mind, national anthems are meant to be rousing and inspirational pieces of music that reflect a nation's sense of self image: however, it's all too easy for them to descend into the realms...
4 Reviews if your'e into wines , as so many are or you want to be seen or you want to meet the Cape's best winemakers. or you want to taste the top wines of the year or Platter's 5 * star wines or just have a cheap evening out WITH FRIENDS or oenophiles then every year last week of October at the Sandton...
9 Reviews Pilanesberg Park is only two hours from Johannesburg, and I had my guide drive me around the huge reserve for about fours hours (starting at noontime). But all I saw were deers, birds and a few wild pigs...I guess the big animals were still asleep... However, despite my experience, the Pilanesberg...
2 Reviews One my my frustrations about the Johannesburg VT page is that the editing categories are confusingly inappropriate, and at least one of those categories (the 'Randburg Waterfront') doesn't exist anymore! The 'Randburg Waterfront' was redeveloped in the mid 'noughties' and rebranded as 'Brightwater...
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It's really not as bad as you've been told! - (perpetual work in progress) I work in the mining industry and although I am originally from the UK, I have lived in Johannesburg on and off for nearly 25 years. Jo'burg gets pretty awful press,...
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This is really the city of Gold and Diamonds. Its a very small province of South Africa but the richest. When riding around the city all the mines is very visible. In JNB you gotta drive from place...
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It's really not as bad as you've been told!
(perpetual work in progress) I work in the mining industry and although I am originally from the UK, I have lived in Johannesburg on and off for nearly 25 years. Jo'burg gets pretty awful press,......
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My photograph of Johannesburg is not the "usual" areal shot of the city of Jhb. I never venture into it. Here is a caption of the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, seen from a "Balloon" 120 metres...
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Jozi, Joburg, Johannesburg - City of Gold
Joburg is often referred to as a "melting pot". It is certainly a cosmopolitan city and one is likely to hear many more than just the eleven official languages of South Africa. Most people speak...
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