59 Places of Interest in Johannesburg
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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 ...
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 ...
Botanical Gardens
Johannesburg Botanic Garden
Set on the western shores of the picturesque Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg Botanic Garden is one of the city's parks - a green space in the middle of Jo'burgs northern suburbs about 6 kilometres from the city centre - with over 30 000 trees, a large rose ...
Memorials / Museums
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre was established in 2008 and moved to its spectacular current premises in 2016. This building has been dedicated to the memory of the lives lost in the past and to the education of future generations. The JHGC ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
The JSE Limited, more commonly known as the JSE (after its former name, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange), is an important global market in which securities can be traded freely and within a safe, regulated environment. It is the premier exchange of both ...
Birdlife or Wildlife Sanctuaries / Miscellaneous
Johannesburg Zoo
Situated on Jan Smuts Avenue in Parkview, the Johannesburg Zoo is one of the city's most popular haunts. The huge 54 hectare green lung is the place where the two tributaries of the Braamfontein Spruit meet, set in almost park-like surrounds in the heart ...
Nature Reserves
Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve
There are several destinations to which Jo'burgers can travel to get away for a weekend retreat. But there are fewer available to explore for a morning's weekend walk, or an afternoon biology lesson with the kids. Imagine if with only a 15km drive from ...
Memorials / Museums
Kliptown Open Air Museum
Standing in Freedom Square in Soweto, the Kliptown Open Air Museum, dedicated to Walter Sisulu, tells the story of the drafting of the Freedom Charter. And it does so via photographs, art, song, news clipping and narration. It is a thoroughly visual ...
Golf Courses
Leeuwkop Golf Club
The putting green and practice facility is a great addition to the course as they allow players to test themselves and up their confidence off the fairways. There is also a halfway house, with a bar and restaurant, where friends and colleagues can meet, ...
Nature Reserves
Lonehill Nature Reserve
Close to the Monte Casino, roughly 28 kilometres from the city centre, stands a lone koppie (little hill) on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg. Around the koppie is a little piece of conserved nature, a remnant of what this part of the world looked ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Entertainment
Montecasino
Smack bang in the heart of Fourways - almost where the former set of stop streets originally stood before development ushered in a major set of roads and lights that admittedly make navigating Fourways far easier, but do away with the former charm of ...
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 ...
Museums
Museum of Military History
If you are even vaguely into weapons, military aircraft, medals, uniforms and other war memorabilia, then the South African Museum of Military History set on Erlswold Way in Saxonwald, Johannesburg - literally next door to the Johannesburg Zoo - is ...
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 ...
Golf Courses
Observatory Golf Club
Observatory Golf Course is one of the less well known Johannesburg courses, but just as good as many of its more famous neighbors. A sophisticated watering system keeps the course green even in winter. Avenues of narrow, tree-lined fairways make accuracy ...
Johannesburg as a destination
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Staying Overnight
Picturesque Garden Villa
Located in the heart of Illovo, Picturesque Garden Villa is set on a gated road, featuring a vine-covered walkway that leads past a water feature...
Northcliff Gap
Northcliff Gap is a superb property offering Johannesburg self catering in the affluent suburb of Northcliff. This exquisite house, property and ...
The Residence Boutique Hotel
The Residence is a one of a kind boutique hotel. No effort has been spared in creating the most exquisite surroundings that surpass your greatest...
The Peech Hotel
The Peech Hotel is Joburg's newest boutique hotel. Situated centrally in Melrose, The Peech features luxurious rooms, contemporary design and ple...
Michaelangelo 523
Michelangelo 523 offers accommodation in Sandown at the luxury Michelangelo Towers, sleeping three guests. The Michelangelo Towers Mall, Legacy C...
Plantation House
Plantation House is a modern and airy three bedroom home on a secure property in trendy Linden. From here you are within safe walking distance of...
Oxford Healthcare Retreat
Oxford Healthcare Retreat provides accommodation in Melrose. The establishment has a swimming pool, tennis court and garden. All B&B rooms have ...
Afton Safari Lodge
Afton Safari Lodge offers accommodation in Kempton Park which is only seven minutes from the OR Tambo International Airport. This is ideal accomm...
4Tress Guesthouse
Nestled in the heart of Blairgowrie, 4Tress Guesthouse stands as a testament to comfortable and spacious self-catering accommodation. This solar-...
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