Visit the Fascinating Johannesburg

Johannesburg, also known as Joburg, is the regional capital of Gauteng and is a modern centre combined with the older surroundings. The city is modern by all contemporary standards and hosts some of the best shopping centers and is also the financial hub of the country. The city offers a variety of places to visit including the Museum Africa offering an unbiased and honest look at the history of the nation including its troublesome past. The city also hosts the Market Theater Complex which has theaters as well as a Saturday flea-market. You can book an advance affordable and cheap flight to Johannesburg with us to get things started.

Those interested in History will find much in the Smuts Library (University of the Witwatersrand). This is also where the book collection of Jan Smuts, a South African statesman, is preserved. You can also find an extensive collection of books on Africa at the Gubbins Library of the university. The Apartheid Museum is located next to the Gold-Reef-City theme park which is a fantastic peace of architecture and provides a valuable source for learning about the Apartheid and South Africa’s recent history of politics.

You can also get to see the ancient fossils at the Sterkfontein Caves by an excursion including a half day trip. The site is also regarded as the world’s richest paleonthropological site and is included in UNESCO’s world heritage sites. There also exist many gold mines near Johannesburg you can visit including Evander, Welkom, Carletonville, Orkney and Klerksdorp. You have to get an advance permission to visit the mines (months in advance and people under 16 are not allowed).

You also have many breeding stations and game reserves to visit including the De-Wildt Cheetah Research & breeding station, the Lion Park, the crocodile park and the Lion a& Rhino park if you got extra time and they are within just a half day’s drive. On Sundays you can visit the Heia Safari-Ranch about 38 KM from the town and see the tribal dancers performing. As an alternative to the ranch, you may like to visit the south Ndebele village which is an interesting open air museum showing how the local tribes used to live.

The mall-culture is resembles the American style and you will find many malls targeting youth and teenagers. Some sophisticated malls also exist like the Hyde Park which targets a more “sophisticated-crowd”. Sandton City being the Southern Hemisphere’s largest mall offers everything that a buyer may be interested in. Resembling the Italian Village is the interesting Monte Casino which is actually a mall built-in a complex. Other large malls which may be of interest to you include Rosebank which features an art cinema house, huge variety of shopping goods and a craft market.