Tips & Tricks
Top of Africa / Carlton Centre (152 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg) – visitors who’d like a panoramic view of Johannesburg are urged to visit the 50th floor of this office tower to do so. The tallest building in Africa and once the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, the Carlton Centre stands 223m high – about […]
Sophiatown Heritage Tours (Johannesburg) – Sophiatown was a multi-ethnic and culturally rich area of Johannesburg that was a target of the South African government’s “forced removal” policies during the 1950s (which resulted in the bulldozing of this area, including its schools, shops, cinemas and swimming pools). Nowadays, the Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Centre (in partnership […]
Wild Thing Fishing Charter (V&A Waterfront, Shop No. 6, Quay 5, Cape Town) — this 46 ft. Sportcruiser motor-yacht caters for the local fishing enthusiast, the water sports fanatic and the indulgent sunset reveler – offering an unmatched sea experience from exclusive leisure enjoyment to authentic sea activity. See the following website for details: www.capecharters.co.za
V & A Waterfront Historical Walking Tour (Cape Town) — Take a step back in time to a bygone era; to a time of sailors, seafarers and intrepid adventurers. Follow in the footsteps of South Africa’s founders when the majesty of the V&A Waterfront was a brave little jetty built by Jan van Riebeeck in […]
Wine Tours (Western Cape region) – those staying in Cape Town can join a wine tour organized by WineToursCapeTown.com, which runs daily (except Christmas and New Year’s). The tour consists of visits to farms in the Paarl, Franschoek and Stellenbosch wine regions. Lunch and wine tastings are included. Participants will get to learn the history […]
Sun City Resort (off the R556, North West Province, Sun City) – located 2 hours (200 km) northwest of Johannesburg, this is the gambling and tourist enclave that was the subject of a celebrity-laden anti-Apartheid campaign in 1985 (whose campaigners, which included pop stars like U2’s Bono, Bob Geldof and Bruce Springsteen, produced a song […]