Johannesburg Travel Tips

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Johannesburg is a city of astonishing contrasts. A huge metropolis, where opulent wealth and desperate poverty live side by side, if you want to see the real South Africa - and try to understand it - Jo'burg has to be on your itinerary.

"The city of gold" is by far the largest city in South Africa. It's brash and fast-growing, with wealth, energy and a beautiful climate. If you take reasonable precautions and listen to the locals, you can enjoy this fascinating, multitudinous city where all the ups and downs of 21st-century South Africa can be witnessed in three, multicolor dimensions.

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Johannesburg Suggested Itineraries

Viator

Written by Viator, August 2010

4.5 star rating: Recommended 34 | Tours & Tickets

Johannesburg, at nearly 4 million people over 1,600 square kilometers (625 square miles), is the largest city in South Africa. A truly cosmopolitan city, Jo'burg, as it's often known, overflows ... 
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Wildlife Parks from Johannesburg

Viator

Written by Viator, August 2010

4 star rating: Recommended 2 | Tours & Tickets

If you’re visiting South Africa, you almost have to see some wild animals. Catching a glimpse of lions, leopards, water buffalo and rhinos at the zoo is one thing, but catching a glimpse of them ... 
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Montecasino

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Written by JC, Germany, April 2012

Europe or Africa? Well if you’re not fussy (at all) about authenticity, you can – almost, kind of – have both at the same time. The complex of Montecasino in the Fourways district of northern ... 
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Pilanesburg Safari: Elephants

Photo by: Anonymous
Doing what: Pilanesberg Nature Reserve Safari and Sun City Day Trip