Travel to the City of Gold, Johannesburg, and a leisurely 1 hour drive to visit the major attractions of this bustling city: Sandton City is Africa’s largest shopping mall, Monte Casino is a stylish casino and entertainment centre and Gold Reef City offers various rides, museums, gumboot dancing displays and a trip down a mine shaft. Two of the best known sites here are Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves. It is South Africa’s best known world heritage site where hominid fossils, significant in the path of evolution, have been discovered. Choose the early morning champagne flight to watch a glorious African sunrise.Ī visit to the Cradle of Humankind cannot be missed. The rugged gorges cut into the Magaliesberg Mountains are utopia for serious rock climbers.įor panoramic views of the Magaliesburg valley and the surrounding Magaliesberg Mountains, try a hot air ballooning experience operated by Flying Pictures. It’s the oldest gold mine in Gauteng and here you get to crush ore and pan for gold. The historic Blaauwbank Gold Mine and Museum is a treat to visit. Staying in the town, even for a brief period, will leave you with a sense of inner peace. The unspoilt wilderness along with an abundance of outdoor activities, historic marvels and majestic scenery is what makes a visit to this town so appealing. Said to be the birthplace of mankind, the Magaliesberg region was proclaimed a World Heritage Site in 1999 and the nearby Cradle of Humankind recently announced the startling discovery of a new human relative, Homo Naledi. Nearby is the ancient and dramatic Magaliesberg mountain range, unbroken for roughly 125km in a dog-leg-shaped area known as the Transvaal Basin. Magaliesburg’s climate ranges between 17° and 27° year round with summer rainfalls.

The town has retained much of its character and old school charm, attracting vacationers, adventure seekers and nature lovers. Less than an hour’s drive west of Johannesburg, Magaliesburg lies in a green valley situated in the north-western region of the Gauteng Province. The small river hamlet of Magaliesburg is a retreat to where Gauteng’s high-flying capitalists escape.

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