South Africa Travel: Tourist
Offices
South African Tourist Offices
Bloemfontein
The Information Center (Tel: 051 405 8489; 8am-4.15pm Mon-Fri;
8am-noon Sat) is at 60 Park Road.
There is also a tourist center on Park Road near the bus station.
Cape Town
Visitor Information Centres (VICs) at the City Center branch at
City Bowl (Tel: 021 487 6800) at the corner of Castle Street and
Burg Street and on the Waterfront at the Clock Tower Center (Tel:
021 405 4500).
Durban
There are tourist information facilities at Tourist Junction (Tel:
031 304 4934) housed in the former 19th century train station, near
the city's main bus station, at the arrivals hall of Durban Airport
(Tel: 031 408 1000) and at Ushaka Marine World (Tel: 031 337 8099).
Johannesburg
Gauteng Tourist Authority (Tel: 011 639 1600; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri)
at 1 Central Place is in the Newtown Cultural Project. South Africa
Tourism at 90 Protea Road in Sandton
(Tel: 011 895 3000; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri) has general South Africa tourist
information.
Kimberley
Diamantveld Visitor Centre (Tel: 053 832 7298) 121 Bultfontein
Road.
Northern Cape Tourism Authority (Tel: 053 832 2656)
Nelspruit
The Lowveld Tourism Center (Tel: 013 755 1988) is in the Nelspruit
Crossing Mall on Louis Trichard Street.
The Mozambique Consulate (Tel: 013 752 7396) is on Bell Street and
does same-day visas.
Polokwane
Civil Square (Tel: 015 290 2010)
Limpopo Tourism & Parks Board (Tel: 015 290 7300) Mandela and
Church Street junction.
Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism (Tel: 041 585 8884; 8am-4.30pm Mon-Fri;
9.30am-3.30pm Sat & Sun) is housed in an historic lighthouse
at Donkin Reserve overlooking the city.
Pretoria
The Tourist Information Center (Tel: 012 358 1430) is in the Old
Nederlandsche Bank Bldg. Church Square.
The HQ of the South African National Parks (Tel: 012 428 9111) is
at 643 Leyds Street, New Muckleneuk.
Rustenburg
The Rustenburg Tourist Information Center (Tel: 014 597 0904) is
on Main Road (7.30am-5pm; Mon-Fri; 8am-1pm Sat).
Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch Tourism is at 36 Market Street (Tel: 021 883 3584)
and can provide walking-tour maps and information on the wine
estates. Brochures in English, French and German.
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