TOUR NAME: Gold Reef City Tour - 4 Hours (CODE:SCJG)
A visit to Gold Reef City, a replica of old-time Johannesburg. Take a trip into the bowels of a gold mine and travel back in time as you take a ride on a penny-farthing or stroll through the streets.
| TOUR NAME : | Gold Reef City Tour |
| CODE : | SCJG |
| MEALS INCLUDED : | None |
| DEPARTURE : | Daily at 08H30 and 13h00 |
| DURATION : | 4 Hours |
| ROUTING : | Johannesburg - Gold Reef City - Johannesburg |
| SPECIAL NOTES : | None |
| MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS : | None |
| DRESS REQUIREMENTS : | Comfortable casual |
Johannesburg
Settlement of Johannesburg began in 1886, when gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand by an Australian prospector named George Harrison. The discovery spurred a feverish gold rush as fortune hunters from all over the world descended on the area. Blacks from all parts of southern Africa came to work the gold fields either permanently or temporarily as contract laborers. The government of the Transvaal, then a Boer republic, established a city at the site, and in the space of three years it became the largest settlement in South Africa. By the 1890s, several large mining companies had taken control of the area's gold mines, creating huge fortunes for their owners. Tensions between the mine barons, the English-speaking newcomers to the area, and the Transvaal's Boer government—fed by British colonial aspirations in the region—led to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1901. By its end, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State were under British control.
Gold Reef City
Gold Reef City is a large amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine, the park is themed around the gold rush on the Witwatersrand. Park staff wear period costumes of the 1880s, and the buildings on the park are designed to mimic the same period. There is a museum dedicated to gold mining on the grounds where it is possible to see a gold-containing ore vein and see how real gold is poured into barrels.
There are many attractions at Gold Reef City, not the least of which are water rides and roller coasters. The liveshows of Idols South Africa are filmed live in the "Hippodrome", a large auditorium based in the park.
Gold Reef City is located to the south of the Central Business District off of the M1. It is also the site of the Apartheid Museum.
There are many attractions at Gold Reef City, not the least of which are water rides and roller coasters. The liveshows of Idols South Africa are filmed live in the "Hippodrome", a large auditorium based in the park.
Gold Reef City is located to the south of the Central Business District off of the M1. It is also the site of the Apartheid Museum.
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