Johannesburg Travel Guide

Enjoy the enthralling landscape of Johannesburg

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Best time to visit
Mar - May, Sep - Nov
Ideal Duration
6-7 Days
Visa
On Arrival
Starting from
Rs. 1
  • Ideal for families
  • Ideal for friends
  • Adventure Activities

Information about Johannesburg

History of the City

The city did not spring from anywhere. At present, the city even includes Soweto, which used to be a separate city. However, there are many Johannesburg facts many may not be aware of. This city was established in 1886 when the gold dumps were found. Apart from the gold mines, there were many dumps of copper, which led to rapid growth of the city.

Information about the city

Although the general information of Johannesburg includes various mining reserves and industrial data, the city’s placement allows it to offers everyone a taste of South Africa. Located on a plateau, this city comes with a host of various privileges. From offering an abundant supply of streams, springs, the climate here is pleasant as well. The city enjoys mild temperatures, thanks to its high elevation and allows every visitor to enjoy the city at its best.

Shopping

One does not need a Johannesburg guide to find the correct place to shop in the city. The city is laden with various places where one can find authentic South African objects and clothes. Of all the things that can be found in the city, the South African-styled clothing and textiles are the most famous of all. The Johannesburg street map would help one to get to any of the many markets in the city. Oriental Plaza, Sandton Square, Sandton City Shopping Centre are some of the best places for shopping high-end products. Furthermore, for fashionable clothing, one can find their way to Kerk Street Shopping, Parooz Fashion, African Craft Market, African Craft market in Rosebank market and much more allow one to find many types of African crafts and various other kinds of authentic African stuff.

Nightlife

South Africa’s Johannesburg is a hub of various things. One can find just about anything here. However, one of the most fun things to do in the city is to enjoy its nightlife. Of all the cities, Johannesburg enjoys the best of South Africa’s nightlife and helps one find the perfect places to visit to find the amazing nightlife experience. With amazing music, a classy choice of wines and drinks and delicious food, the nightlife here is a thing to witness. Furthermore, to add to one’s experience of the South African nightlife, one can even book a seat at Johannesburg Theatre to see Disney classics and view more adult-themed shows here.

Food

The Johannesburg city map allows one to travel through the city and find various gems. Love food? Then there are plenty of options to try out here. Biltong & droewors, Cape Malay curry, Malva pudding and Shisa nyama are some of the traditional South African dishes one should absolutely try in South Africa. What’s more is that the city offers a host of restaurants and eateries which offer one the perfect South African tastes.

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Guru's 10 days trip to Johannesburg

The trip was well organized and the local drivers and guide allocated for our trip were very professional. The coordination by Travel triangle was flawless and had a great user experience. I will recommend to all my friends to utilize the services

Guru Bangalore

S's 5 days trip to Johannesburg

The team at TravelLykke have been very professional in their approach right through. They have been very patient and understanding of the requirements and accommodative to all kinds of doubts and queries and options too. Fairly transparent in the dealings and have a good set of on-ground contacts in S Africa who too have been professional and on time without delays and exceptions. A suggestion: there were some legs where we were informed we need to take Uber (to & fro Robben Island & Table Top Mountain). For the kind of spends done by us (Rs 3 Lakhs +) overall, it would have been helpful if these too could have been accommodated in the package. It is the nuisance value of having to book, wait etc. Also more minute detailing of the Full day Cape Peninsula tour could have been share earlier - we got it on landing from the local guide and it was very educative. Why not share this ahead of time? Some travel agencies give a backpack or travel kit (the amount of Rs 3 Lakhs is HUGE) with your branding. In this case it is singularly absent. Wonder why? We stayed in 3 hotels - Emerald Guest house in Johannesburg (Rating Poor to Good only); Kruger Park Adventure Lodge ( Excellent); Holiday Inn Express at Cape Town (Excellent).

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Mayankmaki's 9 days trip to Johannesburg

The trip was very well organised and all our requirements were met. We had issues due to flight delays and we were late for one tour, our travel planner Mrs Prerna was very helpful and proactive to adjust the tours to accommodate everything. From last minute hotel booking to providing rental car , she was quick to respond and also regular reminders before trips to ensure smooth communication between us and South African operators. Would surely recommend their services The views with clouds sliding in all around the mountains and ocean at the cape point during the cape peninsula tour.

Mayankmaki Mumbai

Chinthabinoy's 4 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing time at SA. Prerna ( Offbeat trippers) arranged everything as per our request.

Chinthabinoy

Rajani's 7 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Inderjit from Flyocity for planning our itinerary and being available for resolving all queries. We had no problems in a foreign country.

Rajani Damani Guwahati

Jennifer's 11 days trip to Johannesburg

Plan your destinations efficiently arranged a wonderful trip to South Africa and Seychelles.We had in total 12 days travel itinerary. Accommodation, food, intercity transfers,sight seeing were well arranged. No blunders at all. Highly recommend their services for these destinations. Well planned by Sandeep.

Jennifer B Mumbai

Aniruddha's 9 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. It is a beautiful country to visit with very hospitable people around. Everything went well without any hiccups. The hotels, cab drivers and other details were well planned by Nikhil from Besten/MK Holidays, special thanks to him. Some elements which can be improved were the visits planned during our stay at Knysna as they were quite some distance away from our hotel. Will definitely recommend Travel Triangle to others for planning their trips.

Aniruddha Jasu Ashburn

Sonaleeka's 6 days trip to Johannesburg

Its good ..but i did not had same experience as travel factory they used to provide us our day activity one day ahead.but hear besten tour everything is clumsy and messy every time we have to call our agent to get the details through out the tour.and some othe place we have to pay from our pocket even after paying for the pacakge. We had a very bad experience with besten tour.Half of things which promised not taked care by the vendor.We paid extra from our pocket for some of the tickets (activity) even after paying the complete amont..vendor promised he will pay us back..but we are still chasing behind him.This is the worst experience I ever had...I will never reccomend any one neither nor besten tour..learn something from travel factory

Sonaleeka Dash Bangalore

Rajesh's 11 days trip to Johannesburg

Was a unique experience in the game safari and capetown. Sandeep was extremely help and was always reachable. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

Rajesh Kazankodath Pune

Yanshuk's 8 days trip to Johannesburg

everything went very well as planned. hotels were awesome their locations, clean, services & all (except soho hotel in sun city. service was not goodas well as room was not as per expectation). overall trip was awesome. A big thanks to our travel agent Mr. Inderjit (flyocity trip planners pvt. ltd.) & travel triangle....

Yanshuk Sharma New delhi

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