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.
Johannesburg Suggested Itineraries
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 ... Continue Reading »
Wildlife Parks from Johannesburg
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 ... Continue Reading »
Montecasino
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 ... Continue Reading »
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