Johannesburg is a massive city where opposites collide to create an interesting city of contradictions and extraordinary charm. The city is the economic powerhouse of South Africa, and as a result has some of the most high- end shops and restaurants in the country.

This urban sophistication stands in stark contrast with the many local street vendors and informal African spaza shops. Popular attractions include the Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Nelson Mandela Square, and Sandton City. Townships tours are a cultural immersion, and the Maboneng Precinct is a must, east of the city. Maboneng means ‘place of light’ and this district is becoming known as Johannesburg’s centre of creativity for urban artists. Sun City and the Pilanesberg National Park are well known and celebrated destinations as well as the Cradle of Humankind, the place of all human origin.

JOHANNESBURG & SOWETO HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

Discover the history of Johannesburg, the city of gold, and experience the vibrant neighbourhood life of Soweto. Visit Constitution Hill, the Constitutional Court and site of Johannesburg’s Old Fort Prison, Walter Sisulu Square – Kliptown Open Air Museum and the Hector Pieterson Memorial. View the iconic Soweto Towers and experience the buzzle of Vilikazi Street and an authentic street market.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Monday to Friday Sandton hotels ±08h15/±12h45, Rosebank hotels
±08h45/±13h15 (except 16, 25 & 26 Dec, 01 Jan & 16 Jun)
Returns: Sandton hotels ±12h15/±16h45, Rosebank hotels ±12h45/±17h15
Duration: ±4½ hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton and Rosebank hotels, entrance fees to
Constitution Hill, visit to the Hector Pietersen Memorial and Kliptown Open Air Museum,
authentic street market in Soweto and Vilikazi Street
Note: English Commentary only

PRETORIA TOUR

Pretoria is informally known as ‘the Jacaranda City’, for its beautiful purple lined streets when the jacaranda trees are in full bloom. Take this opportunity to stand in front of the heart of the country overlooking a city built on passion and determination, where buildings are architecturally significant, and a nation congregates around statues of past leaders. Highlights include Paul Kruger House,
Church Square, Voortrekker Monument, Union Buildings and City Hall.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Tuesday to Saturday (except 16 & 25 Dec and 01 Jan) Rosebank hotels ±12h30,
Sandton hotels ±13h00
Returns: ±18h00
Duration: ± 4½ hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton and Rosebank hotels, entrance fee to Paul
Kruger House & Voortrekker Monument, drive past Church Square & City Hall and a
photo opportunity at the Union Buildings
Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

RISE TO FREEDOM TOUR

Join the freedom walk with your tour guide, dressed in costume and in character for a full day. Celebrate the local community’s success stories and be transported to a volatile Johannesburg filled with intrigue and drama, whilst learning about South Africa’s liberation. Highlights include Hector Pieterson Memorial site; Vilikazi street Soweto, June 16 Memorial Acre; Walter Sisulu Freedom Square, a street market, and
Constitution Hill (if open)

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Monday to Friday (except 16, 25 & 26 Dec, 01 Jan & 16 Jun) Sandton hotels
±7h30, Rosebank hotels ±08h00
Returns: ±17h00
Duration: ± 8½ hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton and Rosebank hotels, visit to Hector Pieterson
Memorial, June 16 Memorial Acre, Walter Sisulu Freedom Square, Vilikazi Street in
Soweto, visit to a Soweto community project and entrance fee to Constitution Hill
Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

SUN CITY & PILANESBERG NATURE RESERVE TOUR

Travel to the malaria free Pilanesberg National Park, the fourth largest game reserve in South Africa and home to healthy populations of lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
Enjoy a closed vehicle game drive, going in search of the Big Five, in diverse and arresting bushveld terrain, followed by an orientation tour of the famous Sun City Resort. Known as Africa’s Kingdom of pleasure, Sun City is not only a luxury casino and resort but also a flagship structure, with a combination of features unmatched anywhere in the world. Bordering this entertainment complex, you will find one of the world’s outstanding geological phenomena; a crater of a long extinct volcano, the result of eruptions some 1,200 million years ago and home to the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Daily Rosebank hotels ±06h30, Sandton hotels ±07h00
Returns: ±18h00
Duration: ±11 hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton & Rosebank hotels, entrance fees to Sun City
Complex, Pilanesberg conservation fees and closed vehicle game drive in Pilanesberg
Game Reserve
Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

SOWETO & APARTHEID MUSEUM TOUR

Soweto is an urban area of the city of Johannesburg, bordering the city’s mining belt in the south. Its name, an English syllabic abbreviation for Southwestern Townships, refers to its origins as a Black township under South Africa’s Apartheid government.
The population has historically been overwhelmingly black and some of the watershed events in the struggle against Apartheid occurred in this township. On this tour we will discover Soweto and the surrounding area, driving past a hostel in Diepkloof, the well known Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Orlando Power Station, Mandela House Museum, Desmond Tutu’s House, the Hector Pieterson Memorial & Museum, a quick stop at a well known restaurant, a shebeen, the Regina Mundi Church, Maponya
Shopping Mall, Kliptown, Walter Sisulu Freedom Square and Aldorado Park. Afterwards we will head towards the Apartheid Museum. Once there you will have the opportunity to discover the history of the Apartheid era on your own.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Wednesday to Sunday Sandton hotels ±09h00/13h00
Returns: ±14h00/18h00
Duration: ±5 hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton hotels, entrance fees to Mandela House
Museum, Hector Pieterson Memorial & Museum and Apartheid Museum
Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

MAROPENG, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND &
STERKFONTEIN CAVES TOUR

Experience the birthplace of life, first-hand. The Cradle of Humankind is one of eight of world heritage sites in South Africa boasting 13 excavation sites that’s recognised worldwide. The first Hominid Fossil was discovered in 1924. Visit the Maropeng (meaning “returning to the place of origin”) Museum and witness how we evolved into the people we are today, discover some of the animal species that became extinct in the last century and see how humans are busy destroying the earth in real-time.
Our tour continues to the Sterkfontein Caves (subject to favourable weather conditions), one of the richest and most productive Paleo-anthropological sites in the world that forms part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. Amongst the most remarkable findings to have been made by numerous world-famous scientists within the Cradle of Humankind is the famous Mrs. Ples, the first complete
Australopithecus skull to be discovered and more recently, “Little Foot”, a 4.17-millionyear-old almost complete ape-man skeleton that was discovered in the same caves.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Daily Sandton hotels ±09h00
Returns: ±14h00
Duration: ±6 hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton hotels, entrance fees to Maropeng, Cradle of
Humankind and Sterkfontein Caves (should the Sterkfontein Caves be closed due to
rain and flooding, the Malapa Museum will be visited)Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE TOUR

The Cullinan Diamond Mine is one of the biggest and most productive diamondbearing kimberlite pipes in the world. It has produced some of the largest diamonds ever found. The largest diamond, the Cullinan, was chiselled into 98 individual diamonds including the Great and Lesser Stars of Africa, which are now set in the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
The tour starts with a 15-minute video before we are led into the high security premises of the mine where we are shown the workings and machinery of the mine. We then visit the enormous open cast mine, that are four times larger than the famous Kimberley ‘Big Hole’.
After visiting the mine, we will have the opportunity to visit the Cullinan Diamond Mine market for an unforgettable diamond and jewellery shopping experience.

QUICK FACTS
Minimum: 2 Adults
Departs: Daily (except 16, 25 & 26 Dec. and 01 Jan.) Sandton hotels ±08h45, Rosebank
Hotels ±08h30
Returns: ±15h00
Duration: ±6½ hrs
Includes: Return transfers from Sandton and Rosebank hotels and a surface tour at the
Cullinan Diamond Mine
Excludes: Lunch
Note: English Commentary only

COMPLIMENTARY COLLECTION AND DROP OFF AVAILABLE FROM
FOLLOWING HOTELS

Complimentary collection is available from selected Sandton and Rosebank Hotels. Collection
from other areas will be on request. Tour duration and collection times may vary depending on
hotel collection route.

Garden Court Sandton City
Sandton Sun
Intercontinental Sandton
Protea Hotel Intercontinental
Michelangelo Hotel
Davinci Hotel
Radisson Blu Sandton
Radisson Blu Gautrain
Park inn Sandton
Garden Court Morningside
Crowne Plaza Rosebank
Protea Hotel Wanderers