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Visit the tallest Building in Johannesburg Ponte city & Hillbrow

By Honest Travel Experience
Free cancellation available
Price is $52 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Ponte City Tour – Johannesburg’s Iconic Landmark

Visit Ponte City, the tallest residential building in Africa. Rising 54 stories above Johannesburg, this cylindrical tower – often compared to Paris’s Montparnasse – offers the best views of the city and a history as dramatic as its skyline.

From its glamorous beginnings in the 1970s, to its fall into a “vertical slum,” and its transformation into a vibrant hub today, Ponte’s story will captivate you. Our tour takes you inside the building, then out into Hillbrow for a walking tour of this dynamic neighborhood.

With transport, lunch, and three tours daily, everything is taken care of. Whether you want to admire the view, dive into the building’s history, or explore the city’s heart, this experience has it all.

Activity location

  • DlalaNje.
    • 1 Lily Avenue
    • 2198, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • DlalaNje.
    • 1 Lily Avenue
    • 2198, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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Ponte city Experience
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Duration: 3 hours
Transport: Pick up and drop off is included
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
$52.38 x 1 Adult$52.38
Total
Price is $52.38
Hillbrow Tour + Ponte Tower
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Access to Ponte city building
Duration: 3 hours
Lunch is Included
Full tour
Van
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
$69.84 x 1 Adult$69.84
Total
Price is $69.84
Hillbrow Tour + Ponte Tower
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Access to Ponte city building
Duration: 3 hours
Lunch is Included
Full tour
Van
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00am
Price details
$69.84 x 1 Adult$69.84
Total
Price is $69.84

Activity itinerary

DlalaNje.
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We start the tour at our community centre where we introduce ourselves ourselves Lotjhani! Molo! Sawubona! Dumela! Avuxeni! Ndaa! and illustrate the relevance of our location. Our guides will take you through a chronological journey, helping better understand the building's history and context. We will go through the early days of grand opulence, government red-lining and social oppression. We will also detail the stories of urban decay and the building's resilient nature through complex economic times. You will enjoy a drink on the 51st floor of the building to compliment the experience.
Hillbrow Tower (Pass by)
We will be providing context to the iconic Hillbrow Tower.
Windybrow Centre (Pass by)
The iconic Windybrow provides context to housing in the area back in the apartheid days.

Location

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    Meeting/Redemption Point

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