Surface tourEnjoy a tour of the Premier Mine, opened in 1902, where the world’s biggest diamond (3106 carats) was discovered in 1905, and a 507 carats diamond in September 2009! Premier Mine has produced 255 gem diamonds of over 100 carats, and nearly a quarter of the world‟s gem ... Read More
Gold Reef City is a theme park – built around an old gold mine – which shows Johannesburg as it was at the time of the discovery of gold. Learn how Johannesburg came to be, how gold was discovered on the reef, descend 75 meters underground plus witness the magnificent ... Read More
October 13, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris
This museum next to Gold Reef City illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid. Visitors walk through the 22 individual exhibition areas, which contain film footage, photographs, text panels and artifacts illustrating the events and human stories behind apartheid. At the end you‟ll have a far deeper understanding of the ... Read More
October 13, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris
Hector Pietersen Museum and Memorial Site
Soccer City – home to the opening and closing functions of the Soccer World Cup 2010.
In Soweto, South West from Johannesburg, you will catch a glimpse of the lives of its estimated 3 million residents. This popular tour includes a ... Read More
October 12, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris
The Park is located on a 52-hectare site on Salvokop in Pretoria – a vantage point that offers visitors a spectacular panorama of our capital city and beyond. The mandate of Freedom Park is the creation of a memorial and monument that will narrate a story spanning a period of ... Read More
October 12, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris
Johannesburg, also known as Jozi, Jo’burg or Egoli is, by population, the largest city in South Africa. The city is the source of a large-scale gold trade, owing to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills, where gold was discovered in 1886. We will point out historical buildings ... Read More
October 12, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris
Pretoria, also known as the Jacaranda City was the Capital of the ZAR, the Union of South Africa, the Republic of South Africa and the new South Africa. One of our stops is at the Union Buildings, home to the president’s office, from where you can delight in a panoramic ... Read More
October 7, 2016Ulysses Tours & Safaris