Pretoria (Category) - 29 posts

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.

I spent a morning exploring Marabastad, a vibrant, historic, chaotic shopping district just outside of downtown Pretoria.

Welcome to Week 31 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 …

Antique-shopping is a popular pastime in South Africa. If you really want to do it right, Pretoria's Antique Route 6 is the place to go.

The Tswaing Crater, on the border of Gauteng and Northwest Provinces, is the site of a 220,000-year-old meteor impact and is now a nature reserve.

Freedom Park, just off the highway in Pretoria, is a national monument dedicated to all South Africans who have died fighting for freedom.

There are only a few dozen white jacarandas in Pretoria, South Africa's jacaranda capital. Two weeks ago I went to find them.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Pretoria at the Union Buildings – South Africa’s equivalent of the American White House – and saw the new …

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am really f-ing lucky. A couple of weeks ago I spent the weekend at Leobo Private Reserve, one of the most amazing lodges …

Joe and I woke up ridiculously early one Sunday morning. It was a beautiful day. Joe had an idea for an outing but wouldn’t tell me what it was. He …

Pretoria, which sits just north of Joburg, is smaller and tamer than its neighbor to the south. Some Joburgers consider Pretoria to be a boring backwater, while …

Joburg and Pretoria are about 60 kilometers (35 miles) apart. Rush-hour traffic between the two cities is legendary. If you’ve ever driven from Baltimore …