Johannesburg Day Trips (Category) - 51 posts

Since inter-provincial travel is still banned and we can't leave Gauteng province, I've compile a list of cool daytrips to do in Gauteng.

Val, a tiny hamlet next to the railroad in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, was the first stop in my 2020 #10SouthAfricanTowns campagin.

Last week I did a day-long tour of Soweto with Eenblond Tours, aka Gilda Swanepoel. I learned quite a few new things about this diverse section of Joburg.

The Long March to Freedom, 100 bronze statues honoring SA's freedom fighters, moved to Maropeng. Join me on a Jozi art walk about how the statues are made.

In the second installment of "This is the East" I feature the Rock Raceway in Brakpan. I went to the raceway to watch the SA National Hot Rod Championships.

I went hot air ballooning at Bill Harrop's Original Balloon Safaris and watched part of the SA National Hot Air Balloon Championships.

I visited Bonsai Magic in Randfontein, where owner Kathy Steyn carves and sells intricate bonsais born from indigenous South African trees.

Marievale Bird Sanctuary is a wetland nature reserve in Ekurhuleni, just over an hour from Joburg. Marievale has incredible birdwatching and it's free.

The Culinary Table is a restaurant and speciality food shop just down the road from Lanseria Airport. It's a great place to stop for lunch after a flight.

I spent half a day in Cullinan, a historic diamond-mining town northeast of Pretoria. I did pretty much everything except tour the diamond mine.

Welcome to Week 36 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I …

The Bapsfontein Hotel is a honky-tonk bar on the northeastern edge of Johannesburg, with live country music every Sunday and the best neon sign in town.