Gauteng

Gauteng is one of the provinces in the north-east of South Africa. The word "Gauteng" is a Sesotho phrase meaning "Place of gold", referencing to the thriving gold industry following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. The province is the centre of South Africa's industrial and commerce sectors.

Cities

• Johannesburg
• Pretoria

Get out

• Go east to Mozambique and the world-famous Kruger National Park (around 4-5 hours drive).
• Sun City and the Pilanesberg National Park in the North-West Province are not far away.
• The Drakensberg mountain range is only at a distance of a three hour drive.

External links

The authors of this document are Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel, Felix Gottwald and the following WikiTravel users: Yzerfontein. The original version of this article can be seen at http://wikitravel.org/en/Gauteng.