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Johannesburg City | Apartheids Museum Tours
Things to do in Johannesburg
Johannesburg City and Apartheids museum
Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1897. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the largest city in South Africa
It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa
The Johannesburg City Tour
The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story. The Apartheid Museum, the first of its kind, illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid
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Departs:
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Daily. From Mondays to Sundays. Duration 8 hours
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Pick-up Location:
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Your Guesthouse , Hotel or Home in Johannesburg.
People from Pretoria or O.R. Tambo Airport will be collected from the Gautrain Station in Sandton
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Pick-up Time:
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09h00
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Drop-off Location:
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Your Guesthouse , Hotel or Home in Johannesburg.
People from O.R Tambo Airport and Pretoria, will be dropped at the Gautrain Station in Sandton
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Drop-off Time:
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Between 13h00 and 14h00, depending on location
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Passengers:
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Min 2 People
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Tour Price:
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R1200.00 per person
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INCLUDES/EXCLUDES
The Tour price includes
- Entrance Fees: Apartheids museum
- Entrance Fees: Top of Africa
- All transport in air-conditioned vehicles
- All excursions and entry fees as described in the program
- The service of a qualified and registered tourist guide/driver
The Tour price excludes
- Lunch
- Gratuities, Drinks & other items of personal nature
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Sight-seeing along Houghton (Nelson Mandela's House) Hillbrow, New Town and Johannesburg
- Apartheids Museum, Top of Africa, Constitutional Hill
DETAILED ITINERARY
The Johannesburg City Tour departs from your pickup address as we drive towards Johannesburg Down town and visit the many attractions along the City tour, including Houghton where Nelson Mandela lives, the view point on Munro drive where you can get a panoramic view of the northern side of Johannesburg, Sandton and Rosebank. Then we continue to drive via Hillbrow, the most
dense and populated area in South Africa and visit the Constitutional Court (Old fort Building). Here we will get a Guided tour by one of the Site Guides to tell you interesting information about the fort and it's purpose during the old Apartheids area. We then continue via Braamfontein, cross Nelson Mandela Bridge where we will stop at the Arts and Crafts market on the Mary Fritz Gerald Square in New Town and then continue to Diagonal street(Various of traditional Indian shops) where we will visit a Traditional Healer (Sangoma). We proceed then to the Carlton Centre (Top of Africa) where you will get a
beautiful panoramic view of Johannesburg City.
Depart from Johannesburg City to the Apartheids museum. Here you will find historical information in this formidable museum on the road to Freedom in South Africa
Combine the Johannesburg City tour with the Soweto half day tour.
Johannesburg City Tour
The Johannesburg City Tour includes the following viewpoints and interesting places.
- Sandton city. One hour Shopping
- Nelson Mandela house in Houghton
- Drive through Hillbrow and Braamfontein
- View Point in Munro Drive
- A Visit to the Constitutional Court, Constitutional Hill. Here we will have a guided tour with one of the site guides.
- Mary Fritz Gerald square in Newtown.
- Museum Africa
- Diagonal Street. Here you will have a chance to see a Traditional Healer and to visit their shop(sangoma)
- Cross Nelson Mandela Suspension bridge
- Drive through Down Town Johannesburg
- Go to the Top of Africa.(50th Floor of Carlton Centre)
Duration 4 hours
Price: R1,000 per person. Min 2.
Single R1,500
Departs daily: 7 Days a week
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