Johannesburg, also known as the City of Gold, is the business capital and the biggest metropolitan city of South Africa. Around 16 percent of the country's GDP is generated by Johannesburg. Built in 1886, Johannesburg has been reconstructed four times. Gradually, the city has gained a status what it enjoys now. Over the centuries, the city has preserved its rich African culture and heritage.
Established at Crown Mines, Gold Reef City is the major highlight of Johannesburg and has been minutely designed to render a sense of antiquity. The city has many museums, mining houses and hotels. With the depth of 220 meters, the underground shaft, which was one of the world's richest gold mines, is the major tourist attraction.
Your tour to Johannesburg will include many beautiful museums and theatres like SA National Museum of Military History, SA National Railway & Steam Museum, Barnberg Fashion Museum, Madiba Freedom Museum, Bensusan Museum of Photography and Museum Africa. There are many other museums in and around the city.
Johannesburg plays a great host for leisure and business travelers. The Central Business District (CBD) of the city offer international standard of conference facilities and services. CBD has many luxury hotels offering ideal accommodation to business as well as leisure visitors.
Sandton City is the shopping and entertainment hub in the southern hemisphere. You will get home ware, wine, clothes, craftwork and artifacts. Explore the African Crafts Market, if you are interested to shop some authentic and finest of African craft works. Buy souvenir items and treasure the memories of your tour to South Africa. Shop in the malls of Hyde Park, Rosebank and Westgate.
Randburg Waterfront is a must visit place offering serene harbor ambience. It has some great collection of restaurants, nightclubs, theatres, and a golf course. Randburg Waterfront beckons water sports lovers. Enjoy surfing, scuba diving, swimming and water skiing. Johannesburg Botanical Gardens stretches over 365 acres of area provides tranquil atmosphere amidst nature's beauty at its best. Within the garden area, the rose garden is one of the largest world's rose gardens. Strekfontein Caves, Soweto, Lesedi Cultural Village and Pilanesburg Game Reserve are some of the other tourist attractions in the city of gold, Johannesburg.
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