Take Flight to Johannesburg the Hip Heart of South Africa

Looking for a luxury holiday on a budget? Johannesburg, it is!

Discover interesting history, world-class dining and great shopping on Johannesburg Holidays. Visit the place where humanity is deemed to have begun and find out the gold-mining history that began Johannesburg’s evolution into the booming city it is presently.

There is a lot to see on a holiday to Johannesburg. Go back in time to the era of Johannesburg’s gold mining rush and relish memorable fun time at the Gold Reef City. Additionally explore the Soweto district, known for it apartheid past and popular former residents, Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Go shopping at the various malls and markets and then dine in style at swish 5-start restaurant. There is a flux of last-minute flights to Johannesburg offered at discounted rates.

Yes, this great metropolis is bursting with charming sights to see, upmarket entertainment areas and modern African art galleries. Since Johannesburg has a flux of sights to see, we are listing here top-8 that cannot be dared to miss when on a holiday to this beautiful city.

Johannesburg

• Gold Reef City: It is an extensive amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nestled on an old gold mine, the park is purely themed around the gold rush on the famous Witwatersrand. The buildings on the park are crafted to imitate the 1880s and the park staff wears period costumes. Additionally, there is a museum dedicated to gold mining on the area, where it is feasible to see a gold-containing ore vein and watch how gold is poured into the barrels. There are a lot of attractions to see at the Gold Reef City, not the least of which are roller coasters and water rides.  The liveshows of the series “Idols South Africa” are filmed live in the large auditorium located in the park named “Hippodrome”.

• Apartheid Museum: Johannesburg’s No#1 attraction that you must see chronicles one of most shameful chapters of humanity in great detail. All great museums around the world make you think and trigger discussion, and in this regard the “Apartheid Museum’ tops the chart.

Apartheid Museum

• The Market Theatre: The Market Theatre is a highly reputable institution in the city, the independent organization ruffled feathers over the South Africa’s apartheid site when it started organizing integrated, political productions in the year 1970. Presently, the Market Complex includes 3-theaters, restaurants, a jazz club, bars and two galleries.

The Market Theatre

• Constitution Hill: If you want to take flights to Johannesburg to see the splendid sights the city boasts of, and one among them is Constitution Hill then visit us at: www.hoodaki.com/cheap-flights/johannesburg. Hillbrow is primarily an inner city and residential space of Johannesburg that despite tough times and poverty is in the pangs of a chief urban regeneration push. One evident representation of gentrification is the “Constitution Hills”, a district and seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Place of the former Old Fort Prison, the Constitution Hill now renders amazing photo-ops of downtown Johannesburg and more upscale suburbs to the north.

Constitution Hill

• Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum: While in Soweto, particularly the Orlando West neighborhood, boasts of the stunning Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum. The Monument is tribute to a 12-year old boy ‘Pieterson’, who was shot-dead by the cops during the 1976 Soweto riots. The museum renders marvelous sights into the events that eventually led to the famous insurrection and why the little boy ‘Pieterson’ turned as symbol for a movement.

Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum

• Nelson Mandela National Museum: Most travelers take to flights to Johannesburg just to explore at least once in lifetime the world-famous Nelson Mandela National Museum. Mandela’s former house located in Soweto is now one of the most famous and brilliant points of interest in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela National Museum

• Flea Markets: The city Johannesburg is loaded with great flea markets that not just offer amazing products, but serve as kosher windows into the city’s cultural and social fabric. Some of the beat markets include the Mai-Mai, Market Theater Flea Market, Bruma Flea Market, Rooftop Market and Bryanston Organic and Natural Market.

Flea Markets

• Carlton Centre Observation Deck: The top of Africa observation deck located on the 50th floor of the Carlton Center skyscraper renders unbelievable vistas of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the adjoining Landscape. The tower was created by legendary American architectural company, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, and was the most dominant skyscraper in the entire Southern Hemisphere. Over the 4-decades tourists worldwide have been charmed to the 360 degrees view via the observation deck. Views from the observation deck are awe-inspiring and one such view is the mining belt along the reef to the southern side of the Carlton Centre.

Carlton Centre Observation Deck

Akin to numerous South African cities, Johannesburg is an epitome of success and constant improvements instead of adversity. Hoodaki believes that this is a perfect time to explore the heart of South Africa and book direct and last-minute flights to Johannesburg. Perfect for all budgets, Johannesburg is the city that proves that you do not have to wealthy to relish a luxury trip.