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We offer holidays to the four courners of the globe. If you want specialist advise please phone our travel team and we will be happy to help.
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- Destinations
- Africa
- South Africa
- Cape Town
- South African Museum and Planetarium
South African Museum and Planetarium
The imposing South African Museum, dedicated to natural history
and the human sciences, contains a huge variety of fascinating
exhibits from entire chunks of caves bearing rock art, to
traditional arts and crafts from several African tribes. The
natural history galleries are full of mounted mammals, dioramas of
prehistoric reptiles and a collection of whale skeletons, which can
be viewed with the eerie sound of whale song echoing in the
background. Alongside the museum is the Planetarium, which has a
changing programme of thematic shows involving the southern
constellations. Booking ahead is necessary for Planetarium
shows.
Information & Facts
Address
25 Queen Victoria Street, Gardens
Admission
Museum: R15 (adults), R5 (children); Planetarium: R20
(adults), R6 (children)
Language
South Africa has 11 official languages, including
Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho. English is widely
spoken.
Money
South Africa's currency is the Rand (ZAR), which is divided into
100 cents. Money can be exchanged at banks, bureaux de change and
the larger hotels. ATMs are widely available (there is a daily
limit for cash withdrawals) and major international credit cards
are widely accepted, except in petrol stations where cash is
required. Visitors should be vigilant when drawing cash from ATMs,
as con artists are known to operate there. Travellers cheques and
some foreign currencies are accepted at larger hotels and shops,
but commission is charged, otherwise all commercial banks will
exchange them.
Opening Times
Daily 10am to 5pm. Planetarium shows at 9am, 10:15am,
11:30am and 12:45pm.
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