• Visit Constitution Hill – home of South Africa’s Constitutional Court and site of the Johannesburg Old Fort Prison (closed Sat & Sun). • Scenic drive through the newly renovated quaint suburb of Melville. • Stop at Newtown Market where a unique variety of African arts and crafts are for sale. • Visit MuseuMAfrica: the innercity’s soul reminiscent of a 1950’s shebeen – Johannesburg’s premier cultural history museum.
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South Africa's largest city remains its financial and commercial heart. It's in this fast paced city that the country's radical political and social transformation is most evident - this is the 'Rainbow Nation' at work.
• A visit to the Voortrekker Monument, a memorial to the early settlers. • Kruger Museum - private residence of president Paul Kruger of the old Transvaal Republic. • Visit Church Square, surrounded by buildings dating back to the turn-of-the-Century. • The Union Buildings – an architectural masterpiece and scene of Nelson Mandela’s emotional inauguration as president in 1994.
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An exploration of imposing Museums and Monuments, dedicated to tracing South Africa's extraordinary history. Pretoria is also known as the 'Jacaranda City', for its beautiful purple lined streets when the jacaranda trees are in full bloom.
• Discover the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Sotho and Pedi cultures. • Multilingual, multi visual orientation depicting the history of South Africa. • Enjoy a traditional African meal.
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An afternoon/evening tour of discovery at the Lesedi Cultural Village, home to families of various African tribes, living in traditional homesteads.
• Inspiring journey from the dark days of ‘whites only’ privilege, through to Nelson Mandela’s historic release. • Documentary film snippets, texts, sound clips and live accounts recapture life in the old South Africa.
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Apartheid was dismantled more than a decade ago, but its horror lives on, in a stark white building in Johannesburg. It is the Apartheid Museum and it takes visitors on a journey you're unlikely to forget in a hurry.
• An organised tour, ‘Jozi’s Story of Gold’, takes you through the many attractions on offer. • Enjoy a performance of gumboot dancing routines, devised decades ago by mine workers. • Take a trip down an old mine shaft and get a sense of the tough working conditions miners had to endure. • Watch molten gold being poured – all that earth moved for such little return!
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A reconstruction of Johannesburg during the Gold Rush era, Gold Reef City is home to a Victorian Fun Fare and is designed to replicate an era of the Gold Rush Experience.
• Visit the Hector Peterson Museum – discovering the cause of the riots. • Pass the Mandela House, giving you the option to visit this small museum (own account). • Visit Regina Mondi Church, site of many underground meetings of the then banned political parties.
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Soweto - acronym for South Western Township, is home to over 2 million people who, despite living in crowded and chaotic conditions, have a tangible sense of community, which the ordered, walled northern suburbs lack.
• Guided closed vehicle game drive within the Pilanesberg National Park, in search of the ‘Big Five’ and other animal species. • Visit Sun City, with access to the casino. Access to the wave, swimming pools and guided tour of ‘The lost City’ is available, but for your own account.
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A visit to the Pilanesberg National Park in search of the ‘Big Five’ and other animals, before continuing to one of South Africa’s most popular theme resorts – Sun City.
