JOHANNESBURG TOURS

Our Johannesburg Tours are a combination of your own interests, the questions you have asked and our desire to show the magic that is Gauteng. We have a remarkable history, fascinating areas in and around Johannesburg and perhaps best of all is the people, their creativity and energy. We will go into the city, talk about gold and its extraction, talk about politics and migrant labour, look at settlement patterns and the layout of the suburbs, the landscape, points of conflict and points of interest over the whole modern era. We will talk about the environment and conservation and about how all this may determine our future growth.

This outline is for your interest and does not constitute an itinerary. It serves to illustrate that our tours are are based on extensive research as well as personal experience, and are not generalised. The area is rich in natural beauty, geological resources and from a human perspective is extraordinarily complex and interesting. 

• The expansion of the city and the economy of South Africa, from the discovery of Gold through architecture, social history.
• Culture and political history.
• The ridges that define Johannesburg - ancient history and what that means today.
• "Old Johannesburg", the gold story: the "Main Reef", prospectors, capitalists, politicians, farmers.
• City Centre - various places of interest on request.
• Braamfontein, The University of the Witwatersrand, Origins Constitution Hill.
• Parktown, Westcliff, the Randlords' homes. New developments, heritage versus pressure on resources.