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Visiting Johannesburg, South Africa


Johannesburg, South Africa, is the place to go to mix big-city culture, shopping, dining and nightlife with outdoor adventures, up-close wildlife encounters and visits to historical sites. In and around the city are museums covering art, history, science and apartheid. Nearby are caves, animal and nature reserves, traditional villages, working gold and diamond mines and the Cradle of Humankind, where the remains of an early human, Australopithecus, were discovered.

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198 Hotels & Accommodations

45 Things to Do

106 Restaurants

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Weather

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Monthly Averages
Month
High
Low
Precip
Nov
74°F 23°C
52°F 11°C
0 in 1 cm
Dec
74°F 23°C
54°F 12°C
4 in 10 cm
Jan
75°F 23°C
56°F 13°C
5 in 12 cm
Feb
75°F 23°C
56°F 13°C
4 in 9 cm
Mar
72°F 22°C
53°F 11°C
4 in 9 cm
Apr
69°F 20°C
49°F 9°C
2 in 5 cm
Extended Forecast
Sunday
8 Nov
Hi:
80°F 26°C
Lo:
53°F 11°C
Monday
9 Nov
Hi:
68°F 20°C
Lo:
48°F 8°C
Tuesday
10 Nov
Hi:
77°F 25°C
Lo:
50°F 10°C

Reviews you can trust

Michelangelo Hotel

7 Nov 2009

We enjoyed staying at Michelangelo Hotel. Big room, big bathroom and very helpful people taking care of all our needs (we also found a greek man in the personell speaking our language!). We enjoyed...more

Hyatt Regency Johannesburg

1 of 5 stars
Johannesburg
7 Nov 2009

We recently held a presentation at the Business center at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank. There was no key for the conference room and also no security at the business center door. We were robbed...more

Saxon Boutique Hotel and Spa

5 of 5 stars
Home Counties
5 Nov 2009

We are a couple of early UK retirees liking to travel and stay in unostentatious interesting luxury and we overnighted at the Saxon hotel after the Rovos train and before the Tswalu game reserve. The...more

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