Pretoria City Tour 2024

The City of Tshwane is home to The Union Buildings – residence of the Presidency and his government and home to Parliament during the winter months. Pretoria is also a place of culture with a series of theatres, museums and monuments.

Depart Johannesburg and travel for approximately 1 hour northward to Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital.  Our first stop for the afternoon is the Voortrekker Monument which commemorates the Pioneer history of Southern Africa and the history of the Afrikaner. Its setting is in a beautiful nature reserve.  Continue to the Kruger House Museum; the last house in which President Paul Kruger was to live between 1883 and 1901 before he left South Africa to go into exile in Europe.  The Kruger House Museum lies just a few blocks from Church Square where his bronze statue takes centre stage facing the Palace of Justice.  Church Square in central Pretoria was the site of the city’s first church, built in 1855.  During its early years, the square was used as a marketplace and sports field and today is the grandest civic square in the city and among the great attractions in Gauteng.  The Palace of Justice, one of the many architecturally astounding buildings surrounding the square, is where former president Nelson Mandela and several of his comrades were tried and charged for treason during the infamous Rivonia Trial.  End the tour or Tshwane with a drive past the Union Buildings and possibly stop for a photo opportunity.

We then head back to Johannesburg for return to your hotel.