Johannesburg, South Africa ranks itself as one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world with the city occupying a very large area in the heart of South Africa. It is also the provincial capital of Gauteng, the country’s richest province.
There are many different travel packages for Johannesburg that are offered by a number of different travel and tourism companies. Within those many packages offered are different categories of packages that include touring through the most important holiday destinations that are worth a visit.
What is great is you are free to choose just the type of package that best suits you and you can explore at your leisure. If your intention is to travel around by yourself then all the same type of information is available online or a travel guide that can be hired can take you where ever you want to go.
Places of interest include the Johannesburg Lions Park just a 45 minute drive from the city. There are many museums to see in the city including the Apartheid Museum. The city has a myriad of interesting galleries, including the Kim Sacks Gallery, where they have a beautiful collection of quality handicrafts.
Rosebank is another area of the city that is lovely. It is in the northwestern area and it has beautiful hotels and shops. Sunday they have a market that makes for a shopping extravaganza and where you can find many African artifacts. One stop not to miss is Top of Africa. An observation deck that gives you views of the entire city.
