Gauteng Places to See

Richly lined with both Jacarandas and Oak trees, Cullinan’s main street (Oak Avenue) is a living museum and favourite destination amongst tourists. Whether you’re looking to spend some cash in one of the little shops, or enjoy a delicious lunch with friends or take a...

The history of the development of agriculture in South Africa as well as a collection of vehicles of yesteryear (eg donkey and horse carts, ox-wagons, coaches, carriages and spiders) are displayed in the main building. Various old agricultural implements will bring...

An historical overview of major South African artists, 1000-year-old clay figurines from Limpopo Province and an apartheid exhibit about the forced removals of people from Marabastad in Pretoria are just some of the highlights of a visit to the most extensive...

The Pioneer open air Museum in Silverton is set in a graciously restored Victorian settler farmstead complete with horse mill and threshing floor, farming implements intact. While enjoying a cup of coffee and homemade bread, visitors can experience a way of life that...

This 76 ha urban oasis is a pristine getaway situated in the eastern suburbs of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria. A 35 m high quartzite outcrop divides the Garden in two sections. Its frosty south-facing section and the north-facing, warmer section...

Bryntirion Estate incorporates the Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence of the president of South Africa, the vice president's residence (called the OR Tambo House), the presidential guest house, many homes of cabinet ministers, 15 tennis courts, and a 9 hole presidential golf...

South Africa’s Union Buildings, the official seat of the national government, house the offices of the president and are located in Tshwane. They are a South African national monument. The buildings and amphitheatre are an easily recognisable landmark for most South...

The South African State Theatre, located in Tshwane, is one of the primary performing arts venues in the country. Since its doors opened in 1981, the theatre complex has hosted numerous plays, musicals, operas, ballets, dramas, cabarets and children’s theatre...

The Staats Model School is situated on the corner of Lilian Ngoyi (previously Van der Walt) and Nana Sita (previously Skinner) Streets in Pretoria, Gauteng Province,Republic of South Africa. It originated from a school established in 1893 to train teachers in the Zuid...

Melrose House is a charming historical museum that can be found in Jacob Maré Street in the picturesque town of Pretoria. Conveniently perched across from Burger's Park, it is elegant and a remnant of the colonial South Africa of times past. Melrose House was named...

There’s some uncertainty about when the Victoria Hotel was actually built, but there’s no doubt that it’s Pretoria’s oldest hotel – as the blue plaque on the corner of the street attests to. Originally called the Station Hotel, because of it’s proximity to the Sir...

Significance Pretoria Station is situated at the beginning of Paul Kruger Street (was Market Street). This street runs all the way through to Church Square towards the valley and hills situated to the north of Pretoria (Greig 1970:167). The station accommodated many...

The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History formerly known as the Transvaal Museum was founded as the Staatsmuseum of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892.  And it has, since then acted as custodian and documentation centre of South Africa’s natural heritage. The...

The Pretoria City Hall, the largest public hall in South Africa, was built to celebrate the city-status of Pretoria which was obtained in 1931. An architectural competition occurred in 1826, and the winning design by FG McIntosh was chosen to be used for the Pretoria...

Church Square in central Pretoria was the site of the city’s first church, built in 1855. During its early years, the square was used as a marketplace and sports field. Today Church Square is a relaxing spot for visitors who adore 19th-century and early 20th-century...

The Kruger Museum and its contents bear witness to the forceful personality of the man who lived there as leader of a small republic in southern Africa, at a stormy and unsettling time of his people’s long struggle against British imperialism. The Museum consists of...

Background Marabastad was a culturally diverse community, with the Hindu Mariamman Temple arguably being its most prominent landmark. Like the residents of other racially diverse areas in South Africa, such as District Six, "Fietas" and Sophiatown, the inhabitants of...

The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present premises of the South African Army Headquarters. This camp housed the five thousand strong British force that was...

 Pretoria Central Prison With a permanent exhibition at this maximum security prison, the museum represents some of the history of the Department of Correctional Services – the buildings previously occupied by inmates and wardens, and the life and times of prisoners...

As a direct result of the abortive Jameson Raid of 1896, the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek realised that they would have to make far better arrangements for the defence of the Transvaal and, in particular, Pretoria. The raiders had penetrated to within...