The best flight deals to Johannesburg

The "city of gold", Johannesburg (or Joburg as it is also known), is the African continent's second largest city and South Africa's thriving multicultural center and business hub. The city draws a wide array of visitors who arrive in the city on business or who come to experience its burgeoning cultural and art scene and learn about its complex history. It is the largest transport hub in South Africa and the multiculturalism of this teeming metropolis is obvious in its diverse attractions, eclectic fashion and the vast selection of different eateries on offer. Travelers will soon discover that the sheer choice of exciting things to do make it a tantalizing destination to visit.

Whether you're interested in discovering the city's cultural scene through its endless choice of galleries, feel like taking in a top-notch theater show, hitting the shopping malls, or learning about Joburg's gold mining past, Johannesburg is a kaleidoscope of a city that will leave you wanting more.

While visiting Johannesburg, don't miss:

• Learning about Johannesburg's gold rush heyday at Gold Reef City
• Visiting the Nelsen Mandela Museum in Soweto
• Watching a show at the Market Theatre, one of Johannesburg's key cultural centers
• Trying to spot the big five at the Pilanesberg Game Reserve
• Experiencing local tribes and customs at a traditional tribal village
• Tasting the city's cultural diversity in the cuisine
• Visiting Constitution Hill and learning about South Africa's multi-layered past
• Taking a look at one of the worlds' largest collections of African Art at the Johannesburg Art Gallery
• Learning about apartheid and the 20th-century history of Africa at the Apartheid Museum
• Seeing African art at the Wits Art Museum