One day in Pretoria, South Africa
A day through Pretoria’s best-known sights that lie close together: National Zoological Garden of South Africa, Church Square, Pretoria, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Melrose House, Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History and Ditsong Museums of South Africa. 6 stops, about 3.7 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- National Zoological Garden of South AfricaZoo or aquarium · On the map
- Church Square, PretoriaSquare · 0.9 km on from National Zoological Garden of South Africa · On the map
- Ditsong National Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum · 0.4 km on from Church Square, Pretoria · On the map
- Melrose HouseMuseum · 0.7 km on from Ditsong National Museum of Natural History · On the map
- Ditsong National Museum of Cultural HistoryMuseum · 0.8 km on from Melrose House · On the map
- Ditsong Museums of South AfricaMuseum · 0.8 km on from Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History · On the map
6 stops, 5.2 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 6 min of walking.
More for Pretoria
- Things to do in Pretoria, South Africa · 24 places to see, led by Voortrekker Monument and Ditsong National Museum of Natural History
Day trips from Pretoria
Photo credits
- National Zoological Garden of South Africa: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church Square, Pretoria: Luckymelon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ditsong National Museum of Natural History: Luckymelon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Melrose House: Stephantom, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History: Borisgorelik, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ditsong Museums of South Africa: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.