Day Trips Johannesburg South Africa

Johannesburg Sightseeing Tours

A wide variety of day tours on offer whether you are interested in South Africa's history (Apartheid Museum) or daily life in a township (Soweto tour).

South Africa comprises many cultures (Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho) - or go back in time to man's early days at the Cradle of Humankind.

Shop for gold rings or travel down a mine shaft at Gold Reef City. Feeling lucky then head for the Sun City Resort and the casinos.

African Lesedi Day Tour

Evening Tour

Spend an evening learning about the history of South Africa and its many cultures including a tour of Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi and Sotho traditional villages.

Enjoy a song and dance performance and a traditional African dinner

Elephant Back Safari

Half Day Tour - Morning or Afternoon from Sun City

Safari Ride on Top of Africa's "gentle giants" - the elephant

Interact with these giants and then saddle up for an elephant back safari along ancient game trails viewing Game & Birds

Gold Reef City Tour

Half Day Afternoon Tour

Learn about South Africa's gold mining and visit an underground mine on this afternoon tour.

Also the chance to see gold being poured

Magalies Canopy Adventure

Full Day Tour

* Eleven platforms have been built against the Magaliesberg rock faces and are joined by long steel cables that clients slide along to reach the next platform.
* the canopy tour essentially involves zigzagging down
the kloof while stopping at each platform
to admire the expansive views

Johannesburg City Tour

Half Day Afternoon Tour

Visiting Johannesburg's famous landmarks such as
* Post Office tower
* 'Top of Africa' at the Carlton Centre
* The Brixton Tower
* 'Museum Africa' (time permitting)
* The Nelson Mandela Bridge in Newtown and a fully guided tour of Constitution Hill
* Home of South Africa's new Constitutional Court and site of Johannesburg's Old Fort Prison

Pilanesburg Game Drive

Half Day Tour - Morning or Afternoon

From Sun City Complex a tour to Pilanesberg National Park

Excellent opportunity to view the 'Big Five', general game and prolific bird life with experienced game rangers with exceptional knowledge of the area and its flora and fauna

Pretoria City Tour

Half Day Afternoon Tour

Offers the chance to visit this historic city.

From Johannesburg the tour covers the
Voortrekker Monument -
Church Square
- City Hall State Theatre / Opera House,
the Union Buildings and the President's office

Soweto Rise to Freedom Tour

Half Day or Full Day Tour

Highlights includes visits to - Two Nobel Prize winners previous residences -the Hector Peterson memorial - Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and various community development projects.

On the Freedom Tour in addition to the Soweto tour you will get the opportunity to visit the Apartheid Museum and learn about the Soweto uprising, the history of the ANC, solitary confinement of political prisoners and the birth of a new democratic country

Sun City and Pilanesberg

Full Day Tour

Safari with the 'Big Five' in the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve then take a guided tour of the famous Sun City complex including Valley of the Waves and Waterworld.

Take a glimpse of the Palace of the Lost City - or take time to interact with Elephants (touching, feeding and photo shoots with them).

World Heritage and Wildlife

Full Day Tour

Origins Centre - find out more about how human life began in Africa.

Interactive with a virtual tour and do a basic DNA test on a touch screen

The tour also includes a visit to the Rhino and Lion Park with the possibility of interaction with lion cubs.

Walk to Freedom

Half Day Morning Tour

Visit Liliesleaf Farm, where the resounding political 'silence' of the 1960's was broken. Once the headquarters of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC and the Congress Alliance.

Apartheid Museum

Half Day Afternoon Tour

This museum is architecturally interesting and packed with thoughtful, often brutal, reminders of South Africa's history.