Attractions IN Observatory
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 ...
Attractions AROUND Observatory
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
... and a little further afield
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Observatory as a destination
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Staying Overnight
Fuhara Guest Lodge
Fuhara Guest Lodge provides bed and breakfast accommodation in eight en-suite rooms. The rooms all have tea / coffee making facilities, DStv, air...
1945 On Kloof Guesthouse
1945 On Kloof IS a charming guesthouse conveniently situated on the corner of Kloof Road and Frederick Street. The prime location offers easy acc...
GL Cottages
GL Cottages offers guest accommodation in a haven of peace and tranquility in the midst of Johannesburg's thriving metropolis. We have 21 en-suit...
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...
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