Johannesburg, South Africa

Southern Africa

Johannesburg

South Africa

The city that rebuilt itself, still making the music.

The culture

Why we bridge here

Johannesburg is South Africa's economic engine and its most honest city: gold-rush streets, the Apartheid Museum, Soweto, and a creative scene that has regenerated whole districts from the ground up over the last fifteen years.

Joburg is where South African jazz and marabi were forged, and where the country's modern political story can be read street by street — Constitution Hill to Vilakazi Street. Soweto alone has produced more globally known South Africans than most countries manage.

Experience

What you'll do

  • Apartheid Museum
  • Soweto and Vilakazi Street
  • Maboneng precinct
  • Constitution Hill
  • Cradle of Humankind

After dark

Nightlife

  • Live jazz in Maboneng
  • Braai nights and Soweto shebeens
  • Rosebank cocktail rooms

The bridge

Teaching sessions with your hosts

  • South African history and the transition
  • Marabi and South African jazz
  • Braai and South African cooking

Choose your people

Vetted guides & drivers in Johannesburg

TN

Thabo Nkosi

Driver

Johannesburg, South Africa

Thirteen years driving in Johannesburg and Gauteng. Soweto born, and I can get you across the city at any hour safely.

English · Zulu · Sesotho

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