Emmarentia
Emmarentia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Emmarentia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Emmarentia
10 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.
- 01University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg was established on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
3.1 km · public university in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Johannesburg Zoo
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
3.7 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 03Emmarentia Dam
Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.
700 m · dam in Johannesburg, Gauteng · Wikipedia - 04Anglo-Boer War Memorial
The Anglo-Boer War Memorial was originally called the Rand Regiments Memorial and dedicated to the men of the Witwatersrand who joined as British soldiers in the Rand Regiments and who had lost their lives during the Second Boer War. The memorial is now next door to the South African National Museum of Military History.
3.9 km · memorial in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 05Goodman Gallery
Goodman Gallery is an art gallery founded in Johannesburg, South Africa by Linda Givon in 1966. The gallery operates spaces in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and New York.
3.2 km · art gallery, Johannesburg · Wikipedia - 06South African National Museum of Military History
The South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War. In 1975, the museum was renamed from the South African National War Museum and its function changed to include all conflicts that South Africa has been involved in.
4 km · military museum in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 07Zoo Lake
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo.
2.6 km · lake in Gauteng, South Africa · Wikipedia - 08Westpark Cemetery
Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas.
1.6 km · cemetery in Africa · Wikipedia - 09Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre
The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre is a Holocaust and genocide centre situated in Forest Town in Johannesburg, South Africa. The building fronts Jan Smuts Avenue, a major road in the city.
3.6 km · holocaust museum in Forest Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 10Gallery MOMO
Gallery MOMO is a South African contemporary art gallery, which represents South African and international artists at its exhibition spaces in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
3.1 km · art Gallery in Avenue Parktown North, Johannesburg · Wikipedia
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Getting to Emmarentia
- Airports
- O.R. Tambo (JNB), 24 km · Lanseria (HLA), 25 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 275 km
- Polokwane → Emmarentia290 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · R285–380
- Mbombela → Emmarentia307 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · R310–415
- Bloemfontein → Emmarentia374 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · R360–480
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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 Emmarentia
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 Emmarentia. 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.
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Next door to Emmarentia
Emmarentia is 7 km from Johannesburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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