Pretoria - What to do
Pretioria is a city full of history, as well as offering a wealth of things to keep Lions supporters occupied between games.
Pretoria Zoo
232 Boom Street
The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa is the largest zoo in the country and the only one with national status. More than 600 000 people visit the Zoo annually. The zoo features an aquarium and reptile park plus a great array of native animals. The aquarium is the largest inland marine aquarium in the country. The third largest collection of exotic trees can also be found at the Zoo.
Church Square
Corner of Church and Paul Kruger Streets
Church Square is the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. Its most prominent feature is the statue of the Boer leader and president of the South African Republic Paul Kruger at its centre.
Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers surround that of Kruger's on a lower level of the plinth. Several historically and architecturally significant buildings surround the square: the Palace of Justice, the Old Capitol Theatre, the Tudor Chambers, the Ou Raadsaal (Old Council Chamber) and the General Post Office, which was designed by John Cleland. A must visit place for those interested in the history of Pretoria.
Transvaal Museum
Paul Kruger Street
The Transvaal Museum curates a large collection of fossils. In addition the museum also holds a very large collection of mammals, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates. The Transvaal Museum was amalgamated with the Pretoria-based National Cultural History Museum (also called the African Window) and the South African National Museum for Military History (situated in Johannesburg) on 1 April 1999 to form the Northern Flagship Institution, ensuring visitors a wide variety of things to see and do.
De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust
Nestled in the foothills of the Magaliesberg in South Africa's North West Province, the De Wildt Cheetah Research Centre is situated an hour from Johannesburg and forty-five minutes from Pretoria. It is close to the Hartbeespoort Dam, a popular destination for day excursions from Pretoria and Johannesburg.
For more ideas on what to do, visit the England Rugby Travel British & Irish Lions Tour interactive map, which is available in step 2 of the booking process for all packages.
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