Johannesburg

Welcome to the kingdom of Johannesburg! The fascinating capital of the Gauteng region ensures its travelers with fascinating city and modern centre. One can experience the unique blend of modern as well as older surroundings. It is the hospitality among the peoples that attracts the visitors the most; the friendly nature can enhance the visitors to give their repeated visit to this wonderful land. Johannesburg has managed to gain the reputation to be known as the one of the friendliest countries on earth. It is a very modern city with excellent shopping centers and glass-paned modern luxury high-rise buildings towering besides a few remaining dilapidated Victorian buildings. Even though the capital of South Africa’s smallest province, Gauteng, Johannesburg is the economic hub of Africa. The capital city features a unique combination of suburban sprawl creeping outwards from the central city skyscrapers and ring-road motorways. No wonder Johannesburg today is a very modern city with excellent shopping centers by any standards and majority of the visitors love doing shopping. Johannesburg, being a financial centre does not hold as many attractions for tourists in compare to other cities such as Cape Town. Although Johannesburg does not have that many sights to offer, this most certainly does not mean that you should skip it on your trip.

One would love to walk down the squalid streets nestled along the northern suburbs watching the stunning private homes and the tiny shoebox houses of the massive Soweto Township in the south. Plan your holiday vacation to fill up your heart content in the land of various exotic museums. The capital city is a storehouse of unique museums, it boasts to have one of the best museums on the turbulent past. Don’t miss to explore the famous new Museum of Africa featuring nation’s sometimes troubled past, Saturday flea market and the Market Theater Complex. Constitution Hill Museum is known to be Johannesburg's newest attraction The Apartheid museum, placed next to Gold Reef City theme-park, is a fantastic architectural piece and a moving yet informative means of learning about. Love for sports and the outdoorsy traveler’s intent on exploring the game reserves of Mpumalanga. Johannesburg has managed to grab the attention of sport lovers. Tourists can spend their time by heading off to the game parks of the northeast or the coastal regions. Among various other interesting sights to visit, the most interesting diversion in Johannesburg is undoubtedly a ‘Heritage Route’ or ‘Shebeen Crawl’ tour of Soweto. Johannesburg has many interesting histories and facts stored in its bag, which specially interest the history buffs. Tourist with the love of history will be interested in the Smuts Library at the University of the Witwatersrand, spend you valuable time reading books on Africa.

Take out some of your valuable time to experience the worth exploring suburbs of The Newtown Cultural Pretinct and the Phumangena Zula Kraal. Like any other holiday destination, Johannesburg too have peak seasons and off peak seasons. December and January are considered to be the best time to travel to Johannesburg. For those interested in art and culture, Johannesburg offers many art galleries that do not only give a view of the most recent artists from the region, but also have exhibitions on the turbulent history of the city and country. Ensure yourself to visit South Africa's top game parks, zoo, casinos, fossil fields and theme park and gold mine tours. Trip to the gold city will allow you to discover wonderful restaurants, fascinating township tours, fantastic shopping opportunities, and the chance of exciting excursions. Not to miss the 200-hectare Johannesburg Lion Park is a home to more than 80 lions. Also features various animals including giraffe, black wildebeest, gemsbok, zebra and ostrich. Plan a half day trip to Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, which is usually visited by the nature lovers. Witpoortjie waterfall, natural vegetation or the majestic black eagles nesting on the cliffs holds as a center of attraction.

Take out some of your valuable time to experience the worth exploring suburbs of The Newtown Cultural Pretinct and the Phumangena Zula Kraal. Like any other holiday destination, Johannesburg too have peak seasons and off peak seasons. December and January are considered to be the best time to travel to Johannesburg. For those interested in art and culture, Johannesburg offers many art galleries that do not only give a view of the most recent artists from the region, but also have exhibitions on the turbulent history of the city and country. Ensure yourself to visit South Africa's top game parks, zoo, casinos, fossil fields and theme park and gold mine tours. Trip to the gold city will allow you to discover wonderful restaurants, fascinating township tours, fantastic shopping opportunities, and the chance of exciting excursions.

Not to miss the 200-hectare Johannesburg Lion Park is a home to more than 80 lions. Also features various animals including giraffe, black wildebeest, gemsbok, zebra and ostrich. Plan a half day trip to Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, which is usually visited by the nature lovers. Witpoortjie waterfall, natural vegetation or the majestic black eagles nesting on the cliffs holds as a center of attraction.After spending a hectic day out, spend some discovering the lively nightlife of Johannesburg. The glittery nightlife and venues go in and out of fashion all the time. You will be in love with Soweto and other townships. With so much to see and to do, spend some time shopping for yourself or for your loved ones. Johannesburg is a shopper's paradise, with a huge choice of options from up market fashion boutiques, street markets, giant malls or the vendors. Must visit places are the Faraday Street and on downtown Diagonal Street.