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the city that is built on Gold, mine shafts honey comb the earth beneath it and its minedumps were recycled to build highways and high rises!Makhaya can facilitate tours to any of the places of interest listed below and will organise its popular "Goldrush Whirlwind" day-tour, which covers the most important aspects of sightseeing and desirable shopping,on request.

The prestigious manufuctory and showroom of exquisite jewelry from master GoldsmithsGold and Diamond corner: is located just around the corner from Ma':khaya As the leading manufacturing jeweler in Johannesburg it always has an array of sumptuous handcrafted treasures extracted from the local mines - and will meet the hasty visitor's bespoke orders... more

Melville koppies: Johannesburg's original veld has been covered by the glass and chrome city - all except this nature reserve a stone's throw away from Ma'khaya. Here you will also see the archaeological stone-age sites of early modern man on the highveld and his iron age smelters!

Lipizzaners:  Johannesburg has its own off-shoot of Austria's famed Spanish Riding School next door to the

Kyalami Race Track: Formula 1 racing and other motor sports and the S.A Grand Prix



Sun City and the Lost City:
these are the most established and Internationally renowned casino/resorts in Africa and neighbour the
Pilanesburg Game reserve: this relatively small area hosts White and Black rhino and most species that make Africa a photographer's dream


A loving re-creation of Johannesburg' s mining camp days with a full gold-mine tour, a gold mint, casino and fun park.,Gold Reef City and casino: This is a re-creation of the original Johannesburg Mining Village of the 1800s and visitors may take a tour of a real gold mine and even watch gold being poured and handle an ingot! For those interested on another type of making gold, a world-class casino beckons and a fun fair offers thrills and spills.

Hillbrow: one of the most densely populated spots on earth. this has always been a cosmopolitan melting pot and now even more with infusion or ex-pats and refugees from all over Africa. The area has run to seed and beneath its good-natured hustle and bustle is a dark side of crime and gangsterism.


The  twin entrances bear the legends Whites and Non-whites, sardonic reminders of  the Apartheid stateApartheid Museum Memorabilia and photographs document the often chilling but always degrading Apartheid system that scarred South Africa for most of the 20th century leading to gross abuses of human rights and brutal oppression of political free-thinking.


Small Nature reserves abound close to Johannesburg giving visitors a chance to see the Nature reserves
The Elephant Sanctuary
The Lion and Rhino  Park 
Johannesburg Zoo

The endangered cheetaDe Wildt Cheetah & Wildlife RC
The Cheetah has been gravely endangered throughout Africa. Man's encroachment with cattle on traditional hunting territory places the animal on the list of "pests and vermin" and small carnivore is frequently chased from its prey by lions, hyenas and even jackals. Thanks to conservation and breeding programmes such as this and the famous Varty's the trend has been slowed, but the animal remains imperilled

Tours can also be facilitated to:

Newton Arts precinct: The Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market and the electricity generating buildings have been rescued from the demolisher's hammers and converted to other functions such as arts, television and film schools, Museum Africa and:
The Market Theatre: home of protest theatre in the Apartheid era and, in particular,the genius of Athol Fugard and John Kani, this theatre (in the old market hall) fostered the international hits such as Sophiatown and Sarafina and the Olivier award winning work by the Handspring Puppet Company
Johannesburg Art Gallery: has the world's finest collections of indigenous and colonial-period art, prints, and sculpture. Various other thriving commercial galleries are scattered throughout the city and environs
Sterkfontein Caves  - Cradle of Mankind: the site of the oldest fossils of Man's earliest ancestor. Constant scientific exploration takes place above ground and around the vast underground lake in one of its grotto complexes
2010 venues: Grab a preview of where the Wold Cup will be happen and perhaps attend a local soccer derby or concert in one of these giant stadiums.
Gumboot dancing
Gold pouring
Flea Markets
Home Industry outlets
Flower farms
Lesedi Cultural Village
Ngwenya Glass Village
Vilakazi Street, Soweto

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