Pretoria City Historical Tour Adventure

Spend a full day in “Jacaranda City” (so called because of the many Jacaranda trees which transform the city streets into blankets of magnificent purple every October).
Serving as the seat of the administrative branch of the South African government, Pretoria is one of the country’s three Capital cities. Founded in 1855, it was named after the Voortrekker leader, Andries Pretorias. A regal, quiet city, its interesting history is hidden between magnificent towers, classical architecture, and amphitheatres.

Learn everything you need to know about the “City of Tshwane” with Stephenson Adventures!

What to expect:

Duration: between 4 hours and 5 hours

Paul Kruger Country House Museum

Rustenburg

This modest and informative house museum in downtown Pretoria outlines the life and times of the 19th-century Afrikaans leader and Transvaal President Paul Kruger

45 minutes

Union Buildings

Government Avenue, , Pretoria, 0002

Pretoria’s Union Buildings, the official seat of the national government, house the offices of the South African president.
The Union Buildings are one of the most recognisable and impressive heritage landmarks in Tshwane.

45 minutes

Freedom Park

Koch & 7th Avenue, Salvokop, Pretoria

Freedom Park is situated on Salvokop in Pretoria. It includes a memorial with a list of the names of those killed in the South African Wars, World War I, World War II as well as during the apartheid era. Construction of the monument was by Stefanutti Stocks overseen by Mongane Wally Serote

1 hour, 30 minutes

Voortrekker Monument

Eeufees Road, Groenkloof 358-Jr, Pretoria, 0027

The majestic Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.

45 minutes

Church Square

Stanza Bopape Street, , Pretoria, 0186

Church Square, originally Market Square, is 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
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

45 minutes