THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Johannesburg

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Johannesburg

• Constitution Hill — Constitution Hill in Braamfontein is a former prison and fort complex that now houses the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The Old Fort, Number Four prison, and Women's Gaol are museums documenting South Africa's journey to democracy, with exhibits on Mandela, Gandhi, and others held here.
• Soweto — is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated i
• Gold Reef City — Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, and the buildings in the park are designed to mimic this period. There is a museum dedicated to gold mining on the grounds where it is possible to see a gold-containing ore vein and see how gold is poured into barrels.
• Johannesburg Zoo — The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species. Established in 1904, it has traditionally been owned and operated by the Johannesburg City Council. However, it has been turned into a corporation and registered as a Section 21 non-profit organisation.
• Montecasino — , popularly shortened to Monte, is a casino and leisure development in Fourways, Sandton, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
• Nelson Mandela Square — Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton is a public square with a 6m bronze statue of Nelson Mandela, surrounded by restaurants, cafes, and the Sandton City shopping mall, the commercial heart of Johannesburg.
• Lion Park — Lion & Safari Park is a conservation enclosure for lions, cheetahs, hyena, wild dogs and various antelope. It is located in the Cradle of Humankind in the North West province of South Africa.
• Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden — The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, is a 300 hectares (3.0 km2) botanical reserve in western Roodepoort, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Hector Pieterson Memorial — The Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum in Soweto commemorates the 1976 Soweto Uprising, when police opened fire on students protesting the use of Afrikaans in schools. The museum has photographs, artifacts, and accounts of the uprising.
• Mandela House — Mandela House at 8115 Vilakazi Street in Soweto is the house where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946-1962, now a museum with photographs, documents, and personal items of the Mandela family, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Mary Fitzgerald Square — The Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg in South Africa is a public space named after Mary "Pickhandle" Fitzgerald, who is considered to have been the first female trade unionist in the country.
• James Hall Museum — The James Hall Museum of Transport in Pioneers Park displays vintage vehicles including ox wagons, early automobiles, trams, buses, and fire engines, the largest transport museum in South Africa.
• Kromdraai — Conservancy is a protected conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It is in the Muldersdrift area not far from Krugersdorp.
• Sterkfontein Caves — The Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind, 50km northwest of Johannesburg, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site where over 500 hominid fossils have been found, including "Mrs Ples" (Australopithecus, 2.1 million years old) and "Little Foot" (3.3 million years old).
• Cradle of Humankind — The Cradle of Humankind is a paleoanthropological site that is located about 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the site is home to the largest known concentration of human ancestral re
• Gandhi Square — is a plaza located in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named after the political activist and pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi.
• Apartheid Museum — Apartheid Museum is a museum with permanent and rotating collections of art, history, or cultural artifacts.
• Satyagraha House — Satyagraha House is a notable building or engineering work with architectural and urban importance.