Acorns on 8th offers guided tours and safaris to Johannesburg, Soweto, Pilanesberg and the Kruger National Park

TOURS and SAFARIS

South Africa is a dream destination, and Johannesburg is probably the best place to start your adventure!

We, Pam and ‘Wiggie’, are both registered tour guides.

We hosted guests in the Kruger National Park for the first time in 2003, and today offer trips to The Greater Kruger National Park, Pilanesberg National Park, and closer to home – Johannesburg and Soweto.

    • “Thank you so much for the excellent and memorable tour yesterday. It was indeed a great experience for us and we will treasure it for the rest of our life”
    • “Wiggie thanks a million. You’re the best!”
    • “Wiggie was a brilliant host – very friendly and knowledgeable and happy to answer my incessant questions . . “
    • “Wiggie, our guide for the day was fun, well informed and a safe driver. Ask for Wiggie!!”
    • “. . . thanks to Wiggie, he was absolutely great! Full of knowledge, so friendly and outgoing, he made the experience all the better.”
    • “. . . Wiggie was friendly and fun and responsive to any of my interests/needs as a tourist”
    • “Wiggie was super and the safari tour was an amazing experience”
    • “Wiggie was amazing! It was more like a fun road trip with friends. Wiggie was very knowledgeable and provided lots of information and history of Joburg and the park. He was professional, funny, and such a gentleman.”
    • “. . . special thanks to Wiggie, who did a great job, an exemplary tour guide. He was infomative, attentive and very customer focused”

 

Leopard in Sabi Sands, Kruger National Park
Shebeen in Soweto
3 Rondavels at Blyde River Canyon
The Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway, constructed in 1973, offers panoramic views of Hartbeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains
Male lion (Panthera leo) drinking water in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
Johannesburg's Constitutional Court, old Fort and Prison and Hillbrow Tower
  • Milpark Hospital - 5.1 kms
  • Medical facilities : various - within walking distance
  • 17 Restaurants - within walking distance
  • Parkview Squash Court - 3.6 kms
  • Zoo Lake Basketball Court – 2.4 kms
  • Donald Gordon Medical Centre - 4.5 kms
  • Virgin Active Gym with Sauna - 1.8 kms
  • Wildlife - less than 30 kms
  • Bowls : Pirates Club - 1.2 kms
  • Avis Car Hire - 2.2 kms
  • Rosebank Hospital - 1.7 kms
  • Rosebank Gautrain Station - 2.5 kms
  • Parkview Golf Club - 1.6 kms
  • Emmarentia Dam - 3.0 kms
  • Laundry facilities - 2 kms
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Acorns on 8th is Accredited with The National Accommodation Association of SA
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