DESTINATIONS — AFRICA
Maboneng Precinct
Museum of African Design
Constitution Hill Hector Pieterson Museum
brilliant MuseuMAfricA, inside the old Bree Street fruit market, which tells the story of South Africa and Africa from different historical and cultural perspectives. For clients who prefer guided tours or are without transport, suggest DoSomethingDifferent’s or Urban Adventures’ Jozi by Foot tours, the City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus routes sold by Viator or the interesting history, shopping, public art and mining history tours from Past Experiences. 12.30: Have a light bite or South African-inspired cuisine such as Sophiatown-style curry or ostrich burgers at Sophiatown Bar &
Lounge on the corners of Jeppe and Henry Nxumalo streets in Newtown. On Saturdays, suggest the Neighbourgoods Market in Braamfontein for delicious fresh creative food stalls. 13.30: Ten minutes away is Constitution Hill in Braamfontein district. Nowhere shows South Africa’s transition towards democracy in a more dynamic way. Once known as the Old Fort
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where inmates such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were held, buildings include the ‘Natives’ section’ prison blocks, Sections Four and Five isolation cells and the Women’s Prisons. The guided tours are excellent and end inside South Africa’s new constitutional court, built on the site where rights were often flouted. 16.30: Ten minutes south is the Central Business District. See Africa’s richest city at work from the Carlton Centre’s Top of Africa experience, which offers panoramic city views. Around the corner is Gandhi Square and interesting buildings such as the Rand Club, Standard Bank Art Gallery and the former City Hall, now Gauteng Legislature. 18.30: Suggest pre-dinner drinks back in Maboneng to see this lively neighbourhood by night. Choose from the likes of rooftop eco café Living Room, craft beers at Chalkboard, Lenin’s vodka bar or Blackanese wine and sushi bar. Dinner options include African cuisine at Pata Pata, outdoor dining at Canteen or Mama Mexicana. An alternative is The Sheds@1Fox in Ferreirastown, west of the centre, where industrial warehouses have been transformed into a marketplace with bars, restaurants and craft stalls. Open until
late Thursday to Saturday.
l DAY TWO 09.00: The heart of the apartheid struggle, Soweto township
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Somak offers three nights’ full-board at Madikwe Hills Reserve with six game drives followed by three nights with breakfast at Melrose Arch African Pride Hotel, economy flights and transfers, from £2,944 for travel in September.
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Carrier offers a six-night holiday from £3,155, including two nights at One&Only Cape Town, overnight on the Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria, guided tour of Pretoria, three nights at Four Seasons The Westcliff Johannesburg, private transfers and return flights from London, departing February 2.
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Jacada Travel offers three nights with breakfast at The Saxon from £985 including transfers and flights from London.
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Travel 2 includes three days in Johannesburg on its new six-day Kruger & Canyon Tour, which includes visits to Maboneng, Soweto and The Apartheid Museum. Priced at £1,299, it includes flights, half-board accommodation, some meals and all transfers.
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FAST FACT Affordable Car
Hire offers car rental from £12 a day from both Johannesburg and Cape Town
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