Skip to main content
3 days
South Africa, Africa

3-Day Johannesburg itinerary guide

Use this route structure as a starting point, then adapt stops and timing with your group in Journii.

Johannesburg — Pycnonotus tricolor Johannesburg, South Africa 1

Top stops to prioritize

  • Sandton City
  • The Butcher Shop & Grill
  • Gold Reef City Theme Park
  • Wimpy
  • Eastgate Shopping Centre
  • Pata Pata African Resturant
  • Nelson Mandela Square
  • Rosebank Mall

Day 1: Most popular attractions

For day 1, we strategically grouped the most popular attraction, Apartheid Museum, with surrounding point of interests to start your trip off with a bang.

  • Sandton City
  • Nelson Mandela Square
  • Rosebank Mall
  • Carlton Centre

Day 2: South side of town

For day 2, we recommend exploring the south side side of town.

  • Gold Reef City Theme Park
  • Apartheid Museum
  • FNB Stadium

Day 3: Proximity is everything

For day 3, we bundled attractions like Eastgate Shopping Centre and Maboneng Precinct and other places within a close range, so that the time it takes to travel between all of them is less than one hour.

  • Eastgate Shopping Centre
  • Maboneng Precinct
  • Ellis Park Stadium
  • James & Ethel Gray Park

Related itinerary guides

Turn this guide into a shared trip: add flights, accommodation, transport notes, and reservations so your whole group can edit one timeline.