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There is lots to do at the Johannesburg Zoo which is situated on Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkview, Main public entrance on Upper Park Drive Telephone: (011) 646-2000. From Holiday Programmes to Moonlight Tours. Visit the website or call Call 011-646-2000

Model Train Rides (Pretoria) - Open on Sundays from 9.30 until 4pm. Bring the kids and ride the model trains. Entrance is only R5 and trian rides are R5 per person. Contact us to book your childs birthday parties. Kwikkie Cresent Centurion.

HOLIDAY COURSES AT THE NATIONAL ZOO – offer children’s courses during school holidays. Bookings are essential! Please contact the National Zoological Gardens’ Education Department at Tel: 012 328 3265 x 173/ 175 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fax: 012 324 2728 The Pretoria Zoo, as it's more commonly known, is the largest in the country and the only zoo with national status. There's a huge collection of animals, great walks, and a cable car that traverses the length of the zoo, allowing you to see all the animals from up above. 232 Boom Street CBD, Tel: 012 328 3265 or 012 328 6020. View website.

PINES RESORT - The Pines Resort is a family resort, situated in Krugersdorp, approximately 25km from Johannesburg. We are a day resort, and your entrance fee includes the use of the swimming pools and 3 Water Slides.Parking for vehicles is provided outside the resort area. You can relax in our picnic and braai areas, where braai stands and grids are provided and you are more than welcome to bring all of your own food and refreshments for the day. The resort is open from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. We are closed on the 25th December - Christmas day. Contact Details: Phone: (011) 955 3845 Fax: (011) 955 3846 2 Ivan Smuts Avenue, Silverfields This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit our website

Serendipity is a wonderful family venue situated in leafy Rosebank, Johannesburg. Serendipity has a gorgeous garden environment with an inside arts and crafts area, dress-up, gift shop, playroom as well as inside seating. The Serendipity garden environment has a tea garden and plenty of activities for children – including a trampoline, scooters, sandpit, swings, climbing frame for larger children as well as a climbing frame with slides and a ball pond for smaller children. We also have photo-boards, seesaws and jumpers. Serendipity childminders frequently receive compliments both for their way in minding children as well as for their friendly attitude and many of our clients return 2 or 3 times a week! 011 447 7386 (phone and fax) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit our website

Swartkrans Walking Tour hosted by Maropeng - Maropeng is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its popular Swartkrans Walking Tours from May 2010. Swartkrans is a fossil-rich cave site approximately 1km to the north-west of the well-known Sterkfontein fossil site, in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

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