Johannesburg Regional Overview

Johannesburg is a destination, often referred to as as the "New York of Africa". It offers a fascinating mixture of big city activities, political and historical tours, mini-safari's, cruises, wildlife attractions, adventure activities and many others.

Johannesburg is also a major gateway city for Southern Africa, through which tourists travel to some of the most exciting tourist destinations in the world, including the famous Kruger National Park and the scenic Panorama Route in Limpopo.

The MyJohannesburgInfo.com Team have divided the area covered by our website into 8 separate regions, so as to ensure complete coverage of the most important tourism destinations.

• Johannesburg and the Suburbs - have, in addition, their own special, more detailed, maps, which can be found here.
• Separate detailed maps for each of the other Regions can be found by clicking either Tours or Safari's
  

For whom is our online guide intended ? Our guide has been written with 3 different groups of people in mind:

1. Those who are lucky enough to live in Joburg: Our Online Guide provides additional information on what to do and where to go within the City, or over the weekend for a break. There are so many interesting places which have sprung up over the years, that not even all Johannesburg residents may know about them !
2. Those who live in South Africa, but who are not lucky enough to live in Joburg: For these people, we reveal everything about Johannesburg and its accessible tourism destinations that they are missing, so that they will want to return to our City again and again !
3. Our wonderful friends who are living outside of South Africa: It is so good to have you with us that we have put into our guide items of special interest to encourage you and your friends to return to Joburg in the future, with even more of your friends

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• Region 1 - Johannesburg, Soweto, and the Suburbs: A fascinating mix of cultural, historical and political tours. This is your chance to learn more about Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid struggle - all within the city boundaries of Johannesburg and Soweto.
• Region 2 - The Northern Johannesburg Meander: An often underestimated area of beautiful hills (mountains), valleys, small towns and dams (lakes), with a sprinkling of shopping markets and wildlife experiences - within 1 hour of Johannesburg
• Region 3 - The Vaal River Meander: This is the closest major River to Johannesburg, with a number of water activities, and cute cottages and hotels assembled along the river banks - only 1 hour away from Johannesburg.
• Region 4 - Pilanesberg, Borakalalo, Madikwe: Your wildlife - experience starts here. View the Big 5, in game reserves in the bush-veld, situated only 1 to 2 1/2 hours away from Johannesburg.
• Region 5: The Waterberg A little known route only beginning to open up to tourists in the last year or so. This combines the beautiful scenery of the Waterberg Mountains with an exciting wild life experience - 2 to 3 hours from Johannesburg
• Region 6: The Panorama Route: Few routes in the country have such breathtaking and widespread views as the mountainous Panorama Route - ideal to combine with a trip to the Kruger Park - from 2 to 3 hours from Johannesburg.
• Region 7: The Greater Kruger National Park: The world famous Kruger National Park and the surrounding private Game Reserves are "must see" destinations. Depending on where you are visiting you can travel between 3 1/2 to 5 hours to reach your destination by car. However, easily accessible flights are available from OR Tambo Airport to Nelspruit, Phalaborwa or Polokwane, which are then only a short drive away from any wild life destination in the region.
• Region 8: Golden Gate National Park and Clarens - A truly mountainous and scenic tourism region - part of South Africa's highest mountain range, the Drakensberg Mountains only 3 hours drive from Johannesburg.

Useful links:

• To see some beautiful pictures of the MyJohannesburgInfo.com region follow this link
  
• To hire a car for your journey, click on Hertz Car Hire
  
• To check on the weather before you go out click on Johannesburg-Weather