Attractions IN Johannesburg Central
Landmarks / Memorials
Duma Nokwe Monument
You will find the Duma Nikwe Monument outside the Johannesburg High Court, near the law courts, on Pritchard Street in downtown Johannesburg. Designed by artist Lewis Levin, the two-metre-high piece of art is a homage to the first black advocate ...
2010 Stadiums / Landmarks
Ellis Park Stadium
Although the Ellis Park Stadium was already a regular host of major sports matches (having first been constructed in 1928), it underwent a major renovation to accommodate the millions of international players and fans that came to South Africa ...
Miscellaneous / Popular Tourist Routes
Gautrain
The Gautrain is an 80 kilometre mass rapid transit railway system, which is a long-winded way of saying that Johannesburg constructed a (really) fast train that cuts out all of the traffic to and from the airport, just in time for the Soccer World Cup of ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Works by Rodin, Dante, Gabriel Rossetti, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas and Henry Moore grace the walls of the Johannesburg Art Gallery on the corner of Klein and King George Streets on Joubert Park, right in the midst of the ...
Shopping
Johannesburg Shopping
Johannesburg is any shoppers dream destination! There is something here for everyone. No matter what you looking for, you will always find it in a Johannesburg shopping mall. Johannesburg (or Jozi as it is called by locals) is well known for its superb ...
Mandela Route / Landmarks / Memorials
Mandela's Shadow Boxer Statue
Unveiled at the time that Mandela lay fighting a lung infection in hospital in 2013, the painted mild steel sculpture, known simply as Shadow Boxing, is a 6 metre-high depiction, inspired by a famous photograph by Drum photographer Bob Gosani, of Mandela ...
Attractions AROUND Johannesburg Central
Landmarks / Mandela Route / Museums
Apartheid Museum
The Apartheid Museum is the story of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Beginning in 1948, the white elected National Party government initiated a process which turned over 20 million people into 2nd class citizens, damning them to a life of ...
Mandela Route / Landmarks / Museums
Chancellor House
Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo ran the first black legal practice in the country from a modest three-storey building, known as Chancellor House, during the 1950s at the height of apartheid. The major effort of their healthy practice was to help those ...
Memorials / Mandela Route / Landmarks / Museums
Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill tells the fascinating, often tragic, story of the real South African history; a history in which injustices abounded on social, cultural and political levels. However, this is also a story of victory, as South Africa won back its ...
2010 Stadiums / Landmarks
FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Soccer City goes by various other names, the best known of which are the FNB Stadium and The Calabash (after its iconic shape). This stadium, situated in Nasrec, near Johannesburg’s Soweto Township, hosted the opening and final matches of ...
Landmarks / Memorials
Gandhi Square
Gandhi Square is both a popular tourist attraction and a busy urban hub of commercial and retail activity. It is situated in the heart of the Central Business District of Johannesburg, and is about 25 minutes from both Sandton and the OR Tambo ...
Landmarks / Mandela Route / Museums
Mandela House Museum
8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West in Soweto is known to many simply as Mandela House. It was where Nelson Mandela lived between 1946 and 1962. The house is a humble abode of four inter-leading rooms that today contain a collection of memorabilia, ...
Entertainment / Museums
Museum Africa
Not only is Museum Africa one of the most beautiful buildings where it lies right next door to the Market Theatre complex in Bree Street, Newtown, but it is also a museum with a difference - people who have visited museums throughout the world remark at ...
Entertainment / Landmarks
Newtown Cultural Precinct
Situated in Johannesburg’s inner-city, Newtown forms the heart of the city’s regeneration and reinvention of itself. It’s a fairly large area that lies sandwiched between the railway lines to the north, the M2 highway in the south and bounded in the east ...
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Museums
Absa Money Museum
Home to the largest collection of money used in South Africa’s past in the world, Absa Money Museum lies in downtown Johannesburg on Troye Street. The ABSA Money Museum is the only banking and money museum in the country, and holds a fascinating history ...
Museums
Adler Museum of Medicine
Over 40 000 objects that illustrate the history of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy through the ages today make up the collection housed in the Adler Museum of medicine, funded by the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University in Johannesburg, where ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Braamfontein Spruit
One of several streams in Johannesburg the Braamfontein Spruit flows through the city's northern suburbs, its overgrown banks providing a much-needed green lung for residents who cycle, bird watch, hike and trail-run the paths ...
Landmarks / Memorials
Brenda Fassie Memorial
The bronze sculpture of Brenda Fassie outside the Bassline Music Venue in Newtown, Johannesburg, is one of 40 memorial art works placed by the Sunday Times around the country to celebrate its 100th birthday, and to promote national ...
Golf Courses
Crown Mines Golf Club
South Africa is famous for its gold, and Crown Mines Golf Club is built in genuine mining country, just a few kilometres southeast of central Johannesburg. Less than 2 kilometres away from the course is Gold Reef City which boasts among its attractions a ...
Birdlife or Wildlife Sanctuaries
Cumberland Bird Sanctuary
Just opposite the Bryanston Country Club is a bird sanctuary; an official 5.2 hectare 'protected area' with its entrance on Cumberland Avenue, hence its name. Most of the time it is kept under lock and key, but at certain times it is open to the general ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Delta Park
Delta Park is a rather large green lung in northern Johannesburg that lies nestled in amongst the suburbs of Victory park, Blairgowrie and Craighall Park. Whilst always popular with residents and their dogs, the park earned a fair amount of bad press at ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Diagonal Street
Diagonal Street is situated in the CBD of the metropolis, which is generally characterised by massive architectural features and impressive skyscrapers. The iconic building known as Eleven Diagonal Street was designed by Helmut Jahn, who is an acclaimed ...
Golf Courses
Eagle Canyon Country Club
Enjoy world-class golfing and facilities at the exquisite Eagle Canyon Country Club in Honeydew, Johannesburg. This was once a sand quarry, but received a complete makeover to be the gorgeous course it is today, thanks to Wonder Gardens and Douw van der ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
East Rand Flea Market
Just outside Johannesburg in Boksburg, the East Rand Flea Market lies right next to the East Rand Mall, and as a result, is open just about all week, except for Mondays, to sell its wares to shoppers, who delight in the array of goods that range from ...
Johannesburg Central as a destination
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Alberton, Atholl, Auckland Park, Austin View, Beaulieu, Bedfordview, Benmore Gardens, Benoni, Bertrams, Blackheath, Blairgowrie, Boksburg, Bordeaux, Braamfontein, Brakpan, Bramley, Bryanston, Buccleuch, Chartwell, Constantia Kloof, Craigavon, Craighall, Craighall Park, Cyrildene, Darrenwood, Douglasdale, Dunkeld West, Edenvale, Eikenhof, Emmarentia, Fairland, Fairmount, Ferndale, Forest Town, Fourways, Franklin Roosevelt Park, Gallo Manor, Germiston, Glenadrienne, Glenvista, Honeydew, Houghton, Hurlingham, Hyde Park, Illovo, Inanda, Isando, Johannesburg Airport, Jukskei Park, Kelvin, Kempton Park, Kensington, Killarney, Kyalami, Lanseria, Linbro Park, Linden, Linksfield, Lyme Park, Maboneng, Mandela Square, Marshalltown, Melrose, Melrose Arch, Melrose North, Melville, Midrand, Modderfontein, Morningside, Mulbarton, Newtown, Nigel, North Riding, Northcliff, Norwood, Oakdene, Observatory, Olivedale, OR Tambo International, Orange Grove, Orchards, Parkhurst, Parkmore, Parktown, Parktown North, Parkview, Parkwood, Paulshof, Randburg, Randpark Ridge, Raumarais Park, Rembrandt Park, River Club, Rivonia, Robindale, Roodepoort, Rosebank, Sandhurst, Sandown, Sandton, Sandton CBD, Sandton Square, Southdale, Soweto, Springs, Strathavon, Sunningdale, Sunninghill, The Hill, Victory Park, Vosloorus, Waverley, Weltevreden Park, Wendywood, Westdene, Winston Ridge, Woodmead
Staying Overnight
High BnB Guest Lodge
High BnB Guest Lodge offers bed and breakfast accommodation, and is located in Rosettenville, Johannesburg. The guest house is the ideal base fro...
ANEW Hotel Parktonian
The ANEW Hotel Parktonian offers a wide variety of services to ensure a successful and memorable stay, be it for business or leisure. The hotel ...
Garden Top Hotel
The Garden Top Hotel offers accommodation in Johannesburg in the Bezuidenhout Valley, just 3.5km from Kensington and less than 20 minutes from OR...
Grace and Gift Guesthouse
Grace and Gift Guesthouse offers accommodation in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD and is conveniently close to the Coca Cola stadium (Ellis Par...
Bamboo Cottage
Bamboo Cottage is a Japanese/ African Inspired apartment that is centrally located in a serene setting. There are two bedrooms, one is downstairs...
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