Car Rental Johannesburg Rand Airport

Johannesburg is the capital of Gauteng province in the Republic of South Africa. Johannesburg is the largest city in the South African with a population of approximately 3.3 million. Even something more than eight million people live in the catchment area of the metropolis. It is located in the eastern part of the South African central plateau at an average altitude of 1753 M.

Johannesburg was founded in October 1886, after gold was found on a farm. Adventurers from around the world followed the call of the gold rush, and the town grew quickly to more than 100,000 people. Later, it became apparent that with the vein of the Witwatersrand Gold the largest occurrence of precious metal around the world had been discovered. Therefore the locals called also eGoli Johannesburg, place of gold.

The first traces of settlement in the region of Johannesburg back however much longer. The oldest remains of human life have been found in the cradle of humanity, an area of around 25,000 hectares, which is part of a world heritage site. Its age is estimated at about 3.3 million years. Highlights of these excavations are in the Sterkfontein Caves, which can be easily reached with a rental car from Johannesburg.

Today, especially skyscrapers dominate the Centre of the city of Johannesburg, and especially from the 220-metre Carlton Center, you have a wonderful view of the city and its surroundings. The 270 metre Hillbrow tower serves as a landmark, however.

You should definitely not to miss but also a visit to the apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. Although it conveys a feeling of oppressive, the establishment is a good overview of the sad part of the history of South Africa, in particular on the riots in the 1970s in the area of Soweto.