Alberton
Alberton is a town situated on the southern part of the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa, just south-east of the major urban centre of Johannesburg.
Alberton is a town situated on the southern part of the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa, just south-east of the major urban centre of Johannesburg.
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Worth seeing in and around Alberton
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01South African Airways Museum Society
The South African Airways Museum Society is an aviation museum based at Rand Airport in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. The museum was founded in 1986 and houses a collection of South African Airways memorabilia such as photos and aircraft scale models.
4.7 km · aviation museum in Gauteng, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Huntersfield Stadium
Huntersfield Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Katlehong, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Jomo Cosmos.
5.5 km · multi-use stadium in Katlehong, South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alberton
- Airports
- O.R. Tambo (JNB), 19 km · Lanseria (HLA), 41 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 292 km
- Stations
- Rand Airport, 4 km
- Johannesburg → Alberton11 km · quickest by road, 25 min · R11–14
- Polokwane → Alberton296 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · R290–385
- Mbombela → Alberton298 km · quickest by road, 4h 49m · R305–410
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alberton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alberton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} The airport is mainly for smaller charter, cargo and classic airline flights; it is in fact busier than Johannesburg International and sees more air traffic.
- Get aroundGenerally, it is a bad idea to make use of minibus taxis unless accompanied by locals.
- Get aroundTraffic can be aggressive, and minibus taxis in particular often defy the rules of the road.
- Get aroundPublic transport in Johannesburg is provided by city buses and informal minibus services.
- Get aroundForeigners are advised to use only normal sedan taxis (metered or fixed-price taxes that transport only you and your travel partners), as minibus taxis have a reputation for being rather unsafe.
From Wikivoyage: Johannesburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Alberton
Alberton is 11 km from Johannesburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.