Johannesburg travel guide

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Johannesburg is one of the most modern, largest and prosperous cities in South Africa. Located at the heart of Gauteng Province, Johannesburg has an economy rooted in the gold industry. Johannesburg was produces one-third of the world's gold. It's a city built on dreams of great wealth literally built on gold and you can even see gold mines on the outskirts.

There are also many beautiful examples of architecture and fascinating insight into the country's social history. Johannesburg's city centre is filled with skyscrapers and shopping malls attracting large number of tourists.

And while the gold mines are now on the outskirts of the city itself.

Fast Facts

The city has several art museums, such as the Johannesburg Art Gallery which has South African and European landscape and figurative paintings.

There is another Museum Africa that gives insights into its past.

Johannesburg has all sorts of continental and Asian restaurants to offer the best cuisines. Some excellent restaurants are concentrated in the northern suburbs that serve you the best African dishes.

Johannesburg's Shopping Malls can compete with Malls in any part of world. The large, sophisticated Johannesburg shopping malls provide safe & glamorous shopping environments that offer products of high quality. It is a shopper's paradise.

There are lots of activities offered to the tourists like ballooning, mountaineering, paragliding, abseiling, bouldering etc.

This young and sprawling city lacks a convenient public transportation system. The people here are dependent on the city's informal minibus taxis which are metered and minibus. Johannesburg is also accessible by rail. The Blue Train and the Rovos Rail provide Transportation to Johannesburg.

The major Tourist Attractions are : -

√ Gold Reef City : - Gold Reef City is a large amusement park.

√ The Johannesburg Zoo : - The Johannesburg Zoo is also one of the largest in South Africa.

√ Kruger National Park : - Kruger National Park has emerged as one of the popular tourist sites in South Africa.

√ Lesedi Cultural Village.
√ Johannesburg Zoo.
√ James Hall Transport Museum.
√ Gold Reef City.
√ AECI Dynamite Factory Museum.
√ Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary.
√ South African National Museum of Military History.
√ Witwatersrand Botanical Garden.
√ Apartheid Museum.

Getting to Johannesburg is no great hassle with lots of international airlines offering direct transport to this city. Johannesburg International Airport offers services for both domestic and international flights. It also has trains, buses to connect the city with its neighboring states.