Attractions IN/AROUND Auckland Park
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 ...
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 ...
Entertainment / Museums
Gold Reef City
At Gold Reef City you will find experiences that you would not find anywhere else - it's a combination of fun, fantasy, historical fact all in a safe environment with great parking facilities. The casino at Gold Reef City' is open 24 hours a day and ...
Memorials
Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson Memorial and museum opened in Soweto in 2002, not far from the spot where 12 year-old Hector was shot on the 16 June 1976 during the Soweto uprising that today is a symbol of resistance to the brutality of the apartheid government ...
Museums
James Hall Museum of Transport
Based in Rosettenville Johannesburg, opposite the Rand Stadium, the James Hall Museum of Transport is an incredible collection of over 400 years' worth of various modes of land transport that range from steam driven vehicles, trains, trams and trolley ...
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 ...
Landmarks / Nature Reserves
Melville Koppies
Melville Koppies Nature Reserve, known locally as Melville Koppies, isn't just a pretty green space really close to one of the trendiest suburbs, and the city centre, of Johannesburg, it is also a World Heritage Site and of major historical significance, ...
Landmarks / Mandela Route / Memorials
Nelson Mandela Bridge
The largest cable-stayed bridge in South Africa, the 284 metre long Nelson Mandela Bridge, starts virtually at the end of Jan Smuts Avenue and links the Constitutional Hill precinct in Braamfontein to the Cultural precinct in Newtown, in the heart of the ...
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 ...
Entertainment
Turffontein Race Course
In Johannesburg when you speak about ‘going to the races' you're usually referring to spending a day watching horses race at the Turffontein race track, one of the oldest horse racing venues in South Africa, built in 1887. Set in the southern suburbs, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Auckland Park as a destination
Also in the neighbourhood
Alberton, Atholl, Beaulieu, Bedfordview, Benmore Gardens, Benoni, Blackheath, Blairgowrie, Boksburg, Bordeaux, Braamfontein, Brakpan, Bramley, Bryanston, Buccleuch, Chartwell, Constantia Kloof, Craigavon, Craighall, Craighall Park, Cyrildene, 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, Johannesburg Central, 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, Victory Park, Vosloorus, Waverley, Weltevreden Park, Wendywood, Westcliff, Westdene, Winston Ridge, Woodmead
Staying Overnight
The Country Club
Located in the secluded greenery of The Club's Auckland Park grounds, the Dormy House is a tranquil and historic boutique hotel conveniently set ...
Twickenham Guest House
Set in an English country garden with a gazebo and conservatory for guests' relaxation, the gracious Twickenham Guest House offers superb accommo...
Sunbury Bed & Breakfast
Sunbury Bed & Breakfast is located in the friendly, beautiful neighbourhood of Melville, Auckland Park. The accommodation is in close proximity t...
Grand View B&B
Uniquely positioned on the highest point of Johannesburg, with panoramic views over the city, Grand View B&B provides an enclave of solitude and ...
Melvilla Guesthouse
Melvilla Guesthouse offers accommodation in Auckland Park. From here you are close to local shops, restaurants, the city centre, major transport ...
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