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Pretoria City Tour
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Pretoria City Tour

By Hedone Afrika Travel and Leisure PTY(Ltd)
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €93 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
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 is 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 Jacaranda City due to its tendency in spring to go from urban grey to an amazing purple as the jacaranda trees flower.
ANGLO-BOER WAR & SECOND WORLD WAR

Activity location

  • Voortrekker Monument
    • Eeufees Road, Groenkloof 358-Jr
    • 0187, Pretoria, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Voortrekker Monument
    • Eeufees Road, Groenkloof 358-Jr
    • 0187, Pretoria, South Africa

Check availability


Pretoria Morning Tour
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Good Morning Tshwane: Pretoria Morning Tour
Duration: 4 hours
Highlight of the Capital
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
€93.12 x 1 Adult€93.12

Total
Price is €93.12
Until Sun, 27 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch/Single Drink can be Added to the Full Day Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBrunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAll Fees and Taxes

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Voortrekker Monument
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Guided tour of the History of Pioneers From the Cape to the interior 1836/7
Kruger House Museum (Pass by)
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.
Church Square
  • 30m
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
University of South Africa (Pass by)
is the largest university system in both South Africa and Africa by enrolment. 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
Fountains Valley Resort (Pass by)
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
Union Buildings
  • 45m
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.
Freedom Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Freedom Park is a heritage site and museum It is a multifaceted heritage precinct that consists of a series of memorial sites, linked by the common themes of freedom and human rights It is situated on Salvokop Hill and is dedicated to the memory of those who fought for freedom and human rights in South Africa The park includes a memorial with a list of the names of those killed in the South African Wars, World War I, World War II, and during the apartheid era

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESVoortrekker Monument
    • Eeufees Road, Groenkloof 358-Jr
    • 0187, Pretoria, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEVoortrekker Monument
    • Eeufees Road, Groenkloof 358-Jr
    • 0187, Pretoria, South Africa

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