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Acrobranch Huddle Park
27 Club St, Senderwood, Linksfield
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Test your skills and your mettle by ziplining from tree to tree across a tree-top obstacle course at Huddle Park in Linksfield. Acrobranch Huddle Park has four …
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Acrobranch Melrose
Melrose St Ext, James and Ethel Gray Park, Melrose
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Hidden in the forest at James and Ethel Gray Park in Melrose is the aerial wonderland of Acrobranch. The first Acrobranch park established in South Africa, …
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Amazing Mazes
82 Boland St, Honeydew
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Take part in a fun treasure hunt in a giant plant maze. The Weather maize maze is open from February to June. There are also a range of other activities …
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Parks, Gardens and Nature Reserves

Delta Environmental Centre
Cnr Rd 3 and Craighall Rd, Victory Park
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The Delta Park is one of the biggest green lungs in the city with stretches of grassland and woodland. The park houses an environmental centre with a wide …
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Hyundai Mushroom Farm Park
Daisy St, off Rivonia Rd (opposite Radisson Blu Hotel), Sandton
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An extraordinary lush green hideaway in Sandton Central's business district. This small park with its playground, hilly landscaped lawns and an outdoor gym is …
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James and Ethel Gray Park

Cnr Westwood Ave and North St, Melrose
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A large hilly park with a stream running through it that boasts extraordinary views of the downtown Joburg skyline. Popular with dog walkers, joggers and kids …
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Parks, Gardens and Nature Reserves

Johannesburg Botanical Gardens and Emmarentia Dam
Olifants Rd, Emmarentia
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This sprawling oasis, once part of a large farm owned by the Geldenhuys family, has extensive parkland for kicking around a soccer ball, picnics or long walks. …
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Johannesburg Zoo
Jan Smuts Ave, Saxonwold
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Walk on the wild side on close to 54 hectares of protected land to view nearly 2000 animals. The Johannesburg Zoo, founded in 1904, in the pretty suburb of …
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Jozi X
Cnr Main Rd and Sloane St, Bryanston
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Catering for super active kids from 5 to 75 years old Jozi X offers loads of physical fun for fans of extreme adventures. There's mountain boarding, a …
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Lion and Safari Park
R512 (Pelindaba Rd), Lanseria, Broederstroom
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A popular family day out, especially for those without the time to get out to South Africa’s big safari parks. This 600 hectare wilderness reserve set in the …
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Montecasino Bird Gardens
Montecasino Blvd, cnr William Nicol Dr and Witkoppen Rd, Fourways
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With hundreds of fascinating birds species, from domestic to exotic, birds of prey plus a huge pelican and a sloth who gives slothfulness a good name this is a …
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REEA Foundation urban farm
20 Marlborough Rd, Craighall Park
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Tucked between the wonderfully wild and sprawling Delta Park (home of a weekend Park Run and also a mountain biker’s delight) and Jan Smuts Avenue you’ll find …
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