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• Soweto Tours
• Johannesburg Tour
• Cultural and Historic Tours
• Wildlife and Nature Tours
  

When arriving via O.R. Tambo International Airport, the easiest option is to use the Gautrain to travel to Sandton.

CAUTION: Only use the walking option if arriving in a group or during daylight hours.

Directions from Gautrain Station Sandton to Sandton Sun

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Soweto is a symbol of the New South Africa, embracing both poverty and prosperity, it’s a vibrant city which still openly bears the scars of the Apartheid past and yet shows what’s possible in the New South Africa.

Soweto Standard tour includes:

Soweto Standard tour with lunch includes all the activities described above for the Soweto Standard tour as well as a lunch at a restaurant in Soweto (excluding beverages.

Buffet Menu choice of:

All above served with choice of Pap, Rice, Samp, Dumplings, Vegetables, 6 Salads. Dessert (ice cream, fruit salad, cake, custard & jelly).

Soweto Standard with lunch and the Apartheid Museum includes Soweto Standard Tour with lunch plus entrance fees to the Apartheid Museum.

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Learn about the City of gold and its suburbs. Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city remains the country’s financial and commercial heart. View the “Rainbow Nation” at work in Sandton and Downtown Johannesburg. The Northern suburbs can be viewed from a high vantage point after which we drive through Hillbrow, the most densely populated part of the city, cross over Nelson Mandela Bridge and into downtown Johannesburg. A stop is made at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown where a variety of African arts and crafts are sold.

City of Gold and the Apartheid Museum includes:

• Bottled water
• City of Gold and its suburbs
• Sandton and Downtown Johannesburg
• Drive through Hillbrow
• Cross over Nelson Mandela Suspension Bridge
• Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown
• The Apartheid Museum
• Top of Africa (The Carlton Centre)

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The Maropeng Visitor Centre is an exciting, world-class exhibition, focusing on the development of humans over the past few million years. Maropeng means “returning to the place of origin” in Setswana, the main indigenous language in this area of South Africa. Our ancestors have lived in this area for more than 3-million years.

The Sterkfontein Caves - about 50 km from Johannesburg - is the site of some of the most important discoveries concerning the evolution of man and have been declared a World Heritage Site. If it`s true that Africa is the cradle of all mankind - and most palaeontologists believe this to be so - then Sterkfontein Caves is surely one of the continent`s sacred sites. The Sterkfontein caves have been described as the `anthropological treasure-house of the world`.

Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves tour includes:

Lesedi offers two unique day experiences in themselves where guests can share the excitement and warmth of true rural African culture. The morning program known as the Monati experience and the late afternoon program known as the Boma experience.

Experience the spirit of Ubuntu at this Unique Cultural Venue where the people of Lesedi welcome you with music, song and the warmth of Africa.

Let the sound of the Marimbas take you into Musi’s Ndebele Theatre to be transported through South Africa’s history from the Cradle of Humankind to the Cultures of Lesedi. Lesedi and its cultural experience of old and new Africa was co-founded by renowned African explorer, Kingsley Holgate, who remains heavily involved in the day to day operations and ensures that every attraction is not only fascinating, but enriching.

Lesedi Cultural Village tour includes:

Premier Diamond Mine tour includes:

Guided Game Drive:

This guided drive is a wonderful opportunity to see and learn more about the wildlife indigenous to Africa. A trip with yourregistered tour guide will take you into the bushveld where you will see various antelope species, hyena, cheetah and our four lion prides.

Cub World and Cub Interaction:

Take a walk through fascinating Cub World and view various animal species. This is very popular for all ages, so don`t miss out on the unique opportunity to play with the lion cubs and to learn about lions from our well-trained guides. Wonderful photo opportunities will capture this rare experience.

Giraffe Feeding:

Don’t miss out on this close encounter with these beautiful animals. The feeding platform allows you to touch and feed the giraffe at eye level providing guests with a truly magnificent experience.

Curio Shop:

Browse for a gift or souvenir in the well stocked curio shop, with a variety of affordable African artefacts, souvenirs, music, videos, books and much more.

Lion Park tour includes:

The Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve is a privately owned, non-subsidized game reserve, covering approximately 1 200 ha on the typical Highveld of Gauteng. The reserve is situated in the "Cradle of Humankind", a declared World Heritage Site, about 40 km north-west of Johannesburg and 60km west of Pretoria.

Rhino and Lion Park tour includes:

The Canopy Tour is a unique eco-adventure that takes clients on a tour down the spectacular Ysterhout Kloof, set in the ancient Magaliesberg Mountains. Eleven platforms have been built against the cliffs and rock faces of the kloof and are joined by long steel cables that clients slide along to reach the next platform.

Termed a "foefie" slide, the canopy tour essentially involves zigzagging down the kloof while stopping at each platform to admire the expansive views and surrounding ecology. Two trained canopy guides assure the safety of each participant while describing interesting facts about the indigenous plants, bird life, ecology and geology of the area. 

Canopy tour with lunch includes:

The Palace of the Lost City one of the leading hotels around the world. The Tour Guide takes you around the Palace and gives you the history of the Palace then you walk around the public and the famous areas of the Palace and your guide will inform you about all the different Sculptors and custom made furniture in the Palace.

Pilanesberg Game Reserve is in the Bojanala Region of the North West Province, adjacent to Sun City. Pilanesberg National Park accommodates virtually every mammal of southern Africa. Also home to the Big Five.

Sun City and Pilanesberg tour includes:

Guests are guided in small groups on foot through The Elephant Sanctuary. Guides will provide in-depth information and insight into African elephants. You will be introduced to the elephants in the forest area, and here you will be able to touch and interact with the elephants. You will see the special relationship that the elephant handlers share with their elephants and become a part of it. Walk trunk-in-hand with the elephants. See the stables where the elephants sleep at night. You will learn about elephant anatomy and are able to feed them. On some hot or rainy days you may see the elephants swimming. Enjoy a drink from the cash bar on the main deck before lunch is served. Remember to wear flat walking shoes, sun hats and bring your camera.

Elephant Sanctuary tour includes:

Leave Johannesburg or Pretoria in an air-conditioned microbus with our experienced Kruger Park guide.

Travel east across the Highveld farmlands and down the beautiful Elands Valley to Nelspruit - capital of Mpumalanga province. Continue through the pine plantations to Hazyview where we stop for lunch and to collect the open safari vehicle. Enter southern Kruger Park and prepare for your first exciting game drive. Your guide will explain how to spot the animals and then look out for antelope, giraffe, zebra and when its cooler maybe some of the Big Five. Before sunset arrive at the Rest Camp and book into an air-conditioned chalet with shower, toilet and screens to prevent insects, or settle into your comfortable dome tent.

Meet your group for drinks and a true African Barbeque dinner under the vast African skies. During the night you might hear lions roaring or hyena whooping which adds to the excitement of the African bush.

Awaken at dawn and head out in the open safari vehicle for an early morning game drive to look for lions and other Big Five species (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo). Stop at a picnic spot or camp for breakfast then continue game viewing. This is the best time of the day to see animals drinking, crocodiles lying on the bank and aquatic birds. Return to camp for a lunch break and time to visit the curio shop, read emails or cool off at the swimming pool.

Later board the open game viewer for an afternoon game drive.

Our final dinner in the Kruger National Park is enjoyed around a camp fire discussing all the animal sighting we experienced.

Early departure from camp for the morning game drive to search for elusive animals such as leopard often found in rocky outcrops and riverine areas. For the birdwatchers, it’s a wonderful time to see and photograph many different species including woodland birds and raptors. After breakfast, switch back to the microbus to begin a relaxing homeward journey via Schoeman`s Kloof and up the escarpment to Johannesburg. Drop-off at the airport by 16h00 for onward flights or proceed to your hotel or guesthouse.

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