Johannesburg sightseeing highlights
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A set of caves west of Johannesburg, where many experts believe mankind's hominid ancestors first appeared. Meet the famous "Mrs Ples" and the amazing "Little Foot".
Alexandra
Established in 1912, Alexandra is one of the earliest urban black settlements in Jo'burg, predating even Soweto. It is the site of a multi-million rand presidential development initiative. See also Alexandra Renewal Project
Botanic Gardens
One of South Africa's finest succulent collections, in addition to wide open green spaces, sparkling dams, roses, herbs, birds and trees galore.
Monte Casino Bird Gardens
A new attraction with some 200 species of birds and over 1 500 species of small animals. A feature being is the walk-in aviary containing 100 species of birds.
Touring Soweto
The township whose name became synonymous with anti-apartheid resistance. On one street, the Mandelas and the Tutus once lived
Moroka Dam, Thokoza Park and Klipspruit River
The upgrading of this water system, once a prime attraction of Rockville, Soweto, is a R20-million mayoral showcase project. The project has rekindled community spirit among local residents.
Brixton cemetery: host to history
Randlords, strike leaders, politicians, editors and more lie shoulder-to-shoulder (almost) in this early cemetery
Kippies: Legendary jazz venue
A Victorian loo becomes a Newtown jazz club, host to some of South Africa's great musicians
Old Fort & Constitutional Hill
The jail that held leading activists from Nelson Mandela to Mahatma Gandhi is reborn as the constitutional court, and as a musuem
Kliptown
The township where the famous Freedom Charter was signed half a century ago, is to have a huge heritage site at its centre
Liliesleaf Farm
The farm where the ANC's underground leaders, including Nelson Mandela, operated until their capture
Enoch Sontonga memorial
Resting place of the simple man who wrote what became the national anthem
Avalon's thousands of graveside cots
There aren't many places in the world where you end up in a cot when you're dead and buried. But in Avalon Cemetery in Soweto there are thousands of cots demarcating graves.
Museum of apartheid
A visit to Johannesburg's new Apartheid Museum is a moving experience -- you almost feel you were there among the toyi-toying demonstrators facing down the police
Mai-Mai: visit a genuine African bazaar
The city's oldest market, Mai-Mai, transports the visitor into a fascinating world of indigenous African clothing and curios. But the stars are the traditonal healers with their "muti" or herbs
Gandhi's Johannesburg
Mahatma Gandhi evolved his "satyagara" philosophy of non-violent protest during a long and colourful period when he lived in Johannesburg
Ghostbuster tour
A bus tour takes visitors to sites of intriguing murders in the city
Hector Pieterson memorial
The new Hector Pieterson Museum in Orlando West, Soweto, is being built in memory of the 566 people who died on June 16, 1976
A trip down a mine shaft
Take a trip down an old Johannesburg gold mine -- which even boasts the world's deepest pub
Melville Koppies
Step into unspoilt Melville Koppies, and you'll forget that you're in the middle of a bustling metropolis
Joburg, 250 000 years ago
In the hills of Klipriviersberg, in Jo'burg's south, archeologists find evidence of human activities 250 000 years back
A different kind of Joburg rave
Tired of the usual movies, nightclubs, and restaurants? Johannesburg has lots of different activities to do in the evenings, which will give you another, unusual take on the city.
