Gold Reef City.

Built directly on the site of a historic 19th-century gold mine, Gold Reef City is an amusement park that embraces Johannesburg’s origins rather than hiding them. Designed to resemble a gold-rush-era mining town, the park features the city’s only authentic underground mine tour, taking visitors down into the old shafts alongside a dedicated mining museum. For thrill-seekers, the attraction lineup is formidable, headlined by intense coasters like the Anaconda and the Tower of Terror—a vertical-drop coaster built into an old mine shaft. With dozens of family and kids' rides, gold panning, and trampoline zones, the park balances historical immersion with classic theme park energy. Situated in Ormonde just south of the CBD, it also shares its grounds with the Apartheid Museum.