🏨 Jakaranda City the Capital of South Africa Activity

Jakaranda City the Capital of South Africa

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Departs: Johannesburg, Johannesburg

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

Pretoria (Tshwane) is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the administrative branch of government (Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital), and of foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria has a reputation for being an academic city with three universities, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Human Sciences Research Council....Named : Tshwane we are the SAME .

Nicknamed as Jacaranda City due to its tendency in spring to go from urban grey to an amazing purple as the jacaranda trees flower.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Private transportation

What's Not Included

Lunch/Single Drink can be Added to the Full Day Tour

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 9
CHILD: Age: 10 - 15
YOUTH: Age: 16 - 20
ADULT: Age: 21 - 54
SENIOR: Age: 55 - 105

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Voortrekker Monument

Guided tour of the History of Pioneers From the Cape to the interior

1836/7

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kruger House Museum

Presidential Resident ,the first in Pretoria to be lit by electricity,The house contains either the original furnishings or items from the same historical period, House with a Taste (Milk was used, instead of water, for mixing the cement from which the house was constructed, as the cement available was of poor quality.

• Admission Ticket Free

Church Square

The square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius,determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that stood at the centre of the square from 1856 to 1905. The square's most prominent feature

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

is the largest university system in both South Africa and Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 300,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities and the only such university in Africa.Founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the University of South Africa (or Unisa as it is commonly known) spent most of its early history as an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities and as an incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended. In 1946, it was given a new role as a distance education university and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses up to doctoral level.....Notable alumni (students and faculty)

Nelson Mandela, former president of the Republic of South Africa, received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1942 and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1988

F. W. de Klerk, former State President of South Africa, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D. Honoris Causa) in 1995

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian politician, received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (D.Litt et Phil.) in African Languages in 2007

• Admission Ticket Free

Fountains Valley Resort

proclaimed as a nature reserve by President Paul Kruger on 1 February 1895. Consequently, this 60 ha reserve, along with the contiguous Groenkloof Nature Reserve, constitute the oldest nature reserves on the African continent.The Apies River flows through the resort, and there are two natural water sources in the area. The resort has various recreational facilities such as a caravan park, swimming pool, lapa, playground and barbecue facilities.The historic ruins of the house of Lucas Cornelius Bronkhorst (1795–1875) is located near the resort. The Bronkhorst family was part of Hendrik Potgieter's trek party during the Great Trek, and were the first owners of the farms in the district where Pretoria was later established.The Fountains Valley is a recreational resort at the southern entrance to Pretoria

• Admission Ticket Free

Union Buildings

Though not in the centre of Pretoria, the Union Buildings occupy the highest point of Pretoria, and constitute a South African national heritage site, the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of Arcadia

These buildings, built from light sandstone, were designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker(With Sir Edwin Lutyens he was instrumental in designing, among other buildings, Viceroy's House, Parliament House, and the North and South Blocks of the Secretariat, all in New Delhi, which in 1931 became the capital of the British Raj, as well as its successor states the Dominion of India and the Republic of India.) in the English monumental style and are 285 m long. They have a semi-circular shape, with the two wings at the sides, this serves to represent the union of a formerly divided people.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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