Jumbo Tours
Johannesburg: Activities
SIGHT-SEEING DRIVE THROUGH JOHANNESBURG
VISIT 50TH FLOOR OF THE CARLTON CENTER FOR MAGNIFICENT PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM THE "THE TOP OF AFRICA", TRAVEL PAST THE SUPREME COURT, THEN THROUGH HOUGHTON, THE SUBURB IN WHICH NELSON MANDELA CURRENTLY RESIDES. PASS THROUGH HILLBROW YOU'LL REACH MUSEUM AFRICA, A CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAINBOW NATION
GOLD REEF CITY TOUR
HALF DAY TOUR INCLUDES: AN INTERACTIVE TOUR THAT BRINGS THE THEME PARK’S EXCITING HISTORICAL AND GOLD MINING ATTRACTIONS TOGETHER IN AN ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE PACKAGE. IT INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION FILM, AN UNDERGROUND MINE TOUR, VISITS TO THREE MINE HOUSES, AND THE CHANCE TO SEE A BAR OF GOLD BEING POURED. PLEASE NOTE: CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 ARE NOT ALLOWED UNDERGROUND.
SOWETO
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR INCLUDE: A FASCINATING GLIMPSE OF BUSTLING NEIGHBOURHOOD LIFE; TWO NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS’ PREVIOUS RESIDENCES; THE HECTOR PETERSON MEMORIAL; CHRIS HANI BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
APARTHEID MUSEUMTHE APARTHEID MUSEUM OPENED IN 2001 AND IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE PRE-EMINENT MUSEUM IN THE WORLD DEALING WITH 20TH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICA, AT THE HEART OF WHICH IS THE APARTHEID STORY.
LILIESLEAF FARM, WHICH OCCUPIES A MOMENTOUS PLACE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL EVOLUTION AS IT WAS THE SITE WHERE THE RESOUNDING POLITICAL ‘SILENCE’ OF THE 1960’S WAS BROKEN. ONCE THE HEADQUARTERS OF UMKHONTO WE SIZWE, THE MILITARY WING OF THE ANC AND THE CONGRESS ALLIANCE, THIS INSIGHTFUL AND INTERACTIVE TOUR HONOURS SOUTH AFRICA’S REMARKABLE HERITAGE AND THE IMPRESSIVE TRAJECTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S SOCIAL-POLITICAL PAST.
PRETORIA CITY TOUR
KNOWN INFORMALLY AS ‘JACARANDA CITY’, HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR INCLUDE: THE HISTORIC VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, CHURCH SQUARE, THE CITY HALL STATE THEATRE / OPERA HOUSE, THE UNION BUILDINGS AND THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE
VISIT THE OPERATIONAL CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE AND FULLY APPRECIATE ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IT TAKES TO PRODUCE THE LITTLE (OR BIG) GEMS
MAROPENG & THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND (INCL. STERKFONTEIN CAVES)
WHO’S YOUR DADDY? THIS IS THE CATCH PHRASE USED BY THE BRAND NEW “STATE OF THE ART” MAROPENG MUSEUM, A FEW MINUTES DRIVE FROM THE STERKFONTEIN CAVES. A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM TAKES YOU ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY BACK IN TIME, LITERALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS IN EVOLUTION. ALSO VISIT THE WORLD RENOWNED STERKFONTEIN CAVES WHERE ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS FOSSILS ON THE PLANET WAS DISCOVERED.
LESEDI CULTURAL VILLAGE - AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: MULTILINGUAL, AUDIO-VISUAL ORIENTATION DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA; GUIDED TOUR THROUGH TRADITIONAL HOMESTEADS OF ZULU, XHOSA, PEDI AND SOTHO VILLAGES; SONG AND DANCE PERFORMANCE IN THE AUDITORIUM; TRADITIONAL AFRICAN FEAST (INCLUDED).
ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY PROVIDES A SAFE-HAVEN FOR ELEPHANTS AND OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR GUEST EDUCATION AND INTERACTION. THEY OFFER GUEST AND ELEPHANT DRIVEN PROGRAMS WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPERATION IS HAPPY ELEPHANTS AND SATISFIED GUESTS. THEIR PROGRAMS OFFER ONE OF A KIND ELEPHANT INTERACTION AND ARE UNIQUE TO THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY. ALL THE ELEPHANTS ARE RESCUED AFRICAN ELEPHANTS AND THEY HAVE GAINED THEIR TRUST THROUGH A UNIQUE REWARD BASED TRAINING PROGRAM.
MAGALIES CANOPY ADVENTURE
LEAVE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE BEHIND AS YOU ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE MAGALIESBERG MOUNTAINS. GET A FULL BRIEFING OF THE DO’S AND DONT’S BEFORE YOU GET KITTED OUT WITH YOUR HARNESS, HELMET AND SAFETY GLOVES. YOU ARE TAKEN UP THE MOUNTAIN TO THE FIRST PLATFORM. YOUR UNMATCHABLE ADVENTURE STARTS HERE WHEN YOU DESCEND THE SPECTACULAR YSTERHOUT KLOOF. THE ELEVEN PLATFORMS TAKE YOU THROUGH EXPANSIVE VIEWS OF SURROUNDING ECOLOGY. THE CANOPY GUIDES WILL GIVE YOU INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS, BIRD LIFE, ECOLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE AREA.
VISIT 50TH FLOOR OF THE CARLTON CENTER FOR MAGNIFICENT PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM THE "THE TOP OF AFRICA", TRAVEL PAST THE SUPREME COURT, THEN THROUGH HOUGHTON, THE SUBURB IN WHICH NELSON MANDELA CURRENTLY RESIDES. PASS THROUGH HILLBROW YOU'LL REACH MUSEUM AFRICA, A CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAINBOW NATION
GOLD REEF CITY TOUR
HALF DAY TOUR INCLUDES: AN INTERACTIVE TOUR THAT BRINGS THE THEME PARK’S EXCITING HISTORICAL AND GOLD MINING ATTRACTIONS TOGETHER IN AN ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE PACKAGE. IT INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION FILM, AN UNDERGROUND MINE TOUR, VISITS TO THREE MINE HOUSES, AND THE CHANCE TO SEE A BAR OF GOLD BEING POURED. PLEASE NOTE: CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 ARE NOT ALLOWED UNDERGROUND.
SOWETO
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR INCLUDE: A FASCINATING GLIMPSE OF BUSTLING NEIGHBOURHOOD LIFE; TWO NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS’ PREVIOUS RESIDENCES; THE HECTOR PETERSON MEMORIAL; CHRIS HANI BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
APARTHEID MUSEUMTHE APARTHEID MUSEUM OPENED IN 2001 AND IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE PRE-EMINENT MUSEUM IN THE WORLD DEALING WITH 20TH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICA, AT THE HEART OF WHICH IS THE APARTHEID STORY.
LILIESLEAF FARM, WHICH OCCUPIES A MOMENTOUS PLACE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL EVOLUTION AS IT WAS THE SITE WHERE THE RESOUNDING POLITICAL ‘SILENCE’ OF THE 1960’S WAS BROKEN. ONCE THE HEADQUARTERS OF UMKHONTO WE SIZWE, THE MILITARY WING OF THE ANC AND THE CONGRESS ALLIANCE, THIS INSIGHTFUL AND INTERACTIVE TOUR HONOURS SOUTH AFRICA’S REMARKABLE HERITAGE AND THE IMPRESSIVE TRAJECTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S SOCIAL-POLITICAL PAST.
PRETORIA CITY TOUR
KNOWN INFORMALLY AS ‘JACARANDA CITY’, HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR INCLUDE: THE HISTORIC VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, CHURCH SQUARE, THE CITY HALL STATE THEATRE / OPERA HOUSE, THE UNION BUILDINGS AND THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE
VISIT THE OPERATIONAL CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE AND FULLY APPRECIATE ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IT TAKES TO PRODUCE THE LITTLE (OR BIG) GEMS
MAROPENG & THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND (INCL. STERKFONTEIN CAVES)
WHO’S YOUR DADDY? THIS IS THE CATCH PHRASE USED BY THE BRAND NEW “STATE OF THE ART” MAROPENG MUSEUM, A FEW MINUTES DRIVE FROM THE STERKFONTEIN CAVES. A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM TAKES YOU ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY BACK IN TIME, LITERALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS IN EVOLUTION. ALSO VISIT THE WORLD RENOWNED STERKFONTEIN CAVES WHERE ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS FOSSILS ON THE PLANET WAS DISCOVERED.
LESEDI CULTURAL VILLAGE - AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: MULTILINGUAL, AUDIO-VISUAL ORIENTATION DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA; GUIDED TOUR THROUGH TRADITIONAL HOMESTEADS OF ZULU, XHOSA, PEDI AND SOTHO VILLAGES; SONG AND DANCE PERFORMANCE IN THE AUDITORIUM; TRADITIONAL AFRICAN FEAST (INCLUDED).
ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY PROVIDES A SAFE-HAVEN FOR ELEPHANTS AND OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR GUEST EDUCATION AND INTERACTION. THEY OFFER GUEST AND ELEPHANT DRIVEN PROGRAMS WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPERATION IS HAPPY ELEPHANTS AND SATISFIED GUESTS. THEIR PROGRAMS OFFER ONE OF A KIND ELEPHANT INTERACTION AND ARE UNIQUE TO THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY. ALL THE ELEPHANTS ARE RESCUED AFRICAN ELEPHANTS AND THEY HAVE GAINED THEIR TRUST THROUGH A UNIQUE REWARD BASED TRAINING PROGRAM.
MAGALIES CANOPY ADVENTURE
LEAVE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE BEHIND AS YOU ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE MAGALIESBERG MOUNTAINS. GET A FULL BRIEFING OF THE DO’S AND DONT’S BEFORE YOU GET KITTED OUT WITH YOUR HARNESS, HELMET AND SAFETY GLOVES. YOU ARE TAKEN UP THE MOUNTAIN TO THE FIRST PLATFORM. YOUR UNMATCHABLE ADVENTURE STARTS HERE WHEN YOU DESCEND THE SPECTACULAR YSTERHOUT KLOOF. THE ELEVEN PLATFORMS TAKE YOU THROUGH EXPANSIVE VIEWS OF SURROUNDING ECOLOGY. THE CANOPY GUIDES WILL GIVE YOU INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS, BIRD LIFE, ECOLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE AREA.
