Useful Local Information for Amanzi Guest House Neighbourhood
Restaurants and Eating out
Craighall Park:
Eating out in Craighall Park provides a lovely insight into a few of the restaurants in and around Craighall Park, Johannesburg and close to Amanzi Guest House
- Corner Café: 011 880 2244 – casual café serving delicious food, with panache. Corner Cafe is one of Jozi’s (and ours ) most popular restaurants.
- Dolci Cafe 010 9002274 – Italian Trattoria serving delicious meals and pastries. Another one of our favourites
- In The Colony Centre: Hodges for a home cooked meal, run by Donald’s family – Pronto: 011 447 4346 for great pastas! – Steers and a Chinese restaurant also in this centre – for good value
- Giles pub: 011 442 4056 – great pub fare and fun to watch a sports match here
Neighbouring suburbs:
- Parkhurst, Parktown North and Greenside, for a variety of interesting pavement type restaurants and good restuarants
- Hyde Park shopping Centre, Melrose Arch for a another one of our favourites Tashas
Shopping
Less than a kilometer away
- Spar general grocer (open 7 days a week)
- Impala Green Grocer (opposite and also open 7 days a week)
- Chemist/Pharmacy opposite Spar – other side of the road
- Dry Cleaner, Florist
The Colony Shopping Centre: just over a kilometer away
- Hodges Restaurant
- Pronto Restaurant
- Mandy’s Dress Shop
- Video Spot
- The Colony also has doctors, a pharmacy, a pub, Steers Steak, a Chinese Restaurant…
Hyde Park Shopping Centre: also just over a kilometer away –
- For banks, post office, upmarket clothes stores, jewellery, restaurants, book stores – www.hydeparkshopping.co.za
Rosebank Mall: (4 kilometres away)
- Encompasses The Zone, The Firs, The Galleria, The Mews – www.themallofrosebank.co.za
- Very pleasant shopping – casual, yet sophisticated, busy but not frenetic for a variety of shopping options
- And Cinema Nouveau for art movies
Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square: 10 minutes drive from Amanzi Guest House
Melrose Arch (5 minute drive from Amanzi Guest House)
Sports facilities
- Planet Fitness: our local gym within walking distance – (and a larger Planet Fitness at Wanderers – 4 kilometres away)
Golf Clubs
- There are excellent Golf Clubs within easy reach of Amanzi Guest House
- Parkview: www.parkviewgolf.co.za – 10min
- Wanderers: www.wanderersgolfclub.com – 8min
- Bryanston country club: www.bryanstoncc.co.za/ – 15min
- Randpark Golf Club: www.randpark.co.za – 18min
- Houghton Golf Club: www.houghton.co.za – 17min
- Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf club: www.royaljk.za.com – 26min
- Glendower Golf Club: www.glendower.co.za – 33min
Great Parks to walk, run or cycle in
- Delta Park stretching from Craighall Park to Victory Park – 6min
- Emmarentia – wonderful weekend strolling – 11min
- Kloofendal Nature Reserve in Roodepoort: www.footprint.co.za/kloofendal.htm – 33min
For Culture, Art and Museums
- Kim Sacks Art Gallery: (Rosebank) www.kimsacksgallery.com – 10min
- Everard Read: (Rosebank) www.everard-read.co.za – 8min
- Goodman Gallery (Rosebank) www.goodman-gallery.com – 9min
- The Apartheid Museum: www.apartheidmuseum.org – 25min
- Constitution Hill: www.constitutionhill.org.za – 19min
- Gold Reef City: www.goldreefcity.co.za – 25min
- Lesedi Cultural Village: www.lesedi.com – 49min
- The Planetarium at Wits University: www.planetarium.co.za – 18min
- And Origins Centre nearby is well worth visiting: www.origins.org.za – 18min
- The Cradle of Humankind: www.cradleofhumankind.co.za – 1h4min (visit the Sterkfontein caves as well) www.discoveryourself.co.za
For Wildlife
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- The Lion Park: www.lion-park.com – 49min
- Rhino and Lion Park: (in the Cradle of Humankind) and adjoining the Wonder Caves www.rhinolion.co.za and www.wondercave.co.za – 47min
- The Elephant Sanctuary (Hartebeespoort Dam area) www.elephantsanctuary.co.za – 1h15min
- The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre: www.dewildt.co.za – 1h15min. Some more information can be seen on Amanzi Guest House Blog
- Pilanesburg National Park www.pilanesbergnationalpark.org – 3h5min
- Next door is Sun City: www.sun-city-south-africa.com
- And our favourite Ndaka Safari Lodge – 4h30min
- Siyabona Africa has an extensive list of Game parks, Nature Reserves, Tips, Hiking Trails and What to Do in South Africa
- Sephiri Tours is the very best way to get up close to nature.
For a Day’s Fun
- Rosebank Rooftop Market on Sundays
- Bryanston Organic Market on Saturdays – www.bryanstonorganicmarket.co.za
- Crafter’s Market; www.craftersmarket.co.za
- Ngwenya Glass Village Art & Crafts: www.gauteng.net/attractions/ngwenya_glass_village
- Game viewing by balloon: www.air-ventures.co.za
- Canopy Adventures: www.magaliescanopytour.co.za/
- Neighbour Goods Market: http://www.neighbourgoodsmarket.co.za/
- Farmers Market : https://www.ffmarket.co.za/
For a variety of Entertainment
- Montecasino: a 15 minute drive is an Italian vibe entertainment complex. The bird park is worth a visit, and the theatres present world class live shows:
www.tsogosun.com/montecasino/entertainment/bird-gardens
www.montecasinotheatre.co.za - The South African Lippizaner shows every Sunday: www.lipizzaners.co.za
- Movie sites: www.sterkinekor.co.za and www.numetro.co.za